Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 846

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Title Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 846
Page number 846
Date 1919
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Publisher Unknown

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VARIOUS R E G I M E N T S .
Royal Air Force.


Sergt. A. G. HARE , D. C. L. I . , of
178, Southampton St., Reading.
Wounded.

H o n o u r fo r D r u m s an d Pipers
Irish Guards.

The late Capt. J. C. TANNER , R. A. F. ,
son of the Rector of Eversley, who met
with a fatal accident in Lincolnshire
while instructing.

The late
Pte. A. E. BLOOMFIELD ,
Royal Defence Corps, 104, Foxhill Road,
Reading.€” Died.

The late Lce.-Corpl. BLOOMFIELD , 2nd
Royal Berks Regt., 104, Foxhill Road,
Reading.€” Killed In action.

T h e d ru m s an d p ip ers o f t h e 2nd B a t t . Irish Guards h a d th e g r e a t h o n o u r o f b e in g chosen
to re p re se n t a n d p la y th e British a n d Colonial c o n tin g e n ts th ro u g h th e streets o f Paris on th e
o cca sio n o f th a t w o n d e rfu l p ro ce ssio n o n July 14th (F e te D a y ).
T h e D r u m -M a jo r (G . D . Smith ) h a ils fr o m Crowthorn e a n d h a s spen t m o st o f his tim e in R e a d in g .
N e x t t o h im is
Sergt. S. Sturgess, 21, Orchard S tr e e t, Reading . T h e se w ere th e first d ru m s t o e v e r p la y in
P a ris. T h e p h o to g r a p h , sen t b y Sergt. Sturgess, w as ta k e n im m e d ia te ly a fte r t h e p rocession
in fr o n t o f th e 'Grand Palace in th e Champs Elysees.

The late A. M. BASIL B. NIGHTINGALE , R. A. F. , of "€œ The Nest," Bath Road, Calcot. Died.