Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 768

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Title Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 768
Page number 768
Date 1919
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Publisher Unknown

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The King and Queen'€™s Visit to Reading — continued.

THE KING'€™S GRATIFICATION.

T h e a d m ira b le a rra n g em en ts m a d e b y the
Mayor and T o w n Clerk resu lted in th e ir re c e iv ­
in g c o n g ra tu la tio n s fr o m n u m erou s
sources.
T h a t th eir M a jesties w ere p leased w ith their
v isit a n d th e m a n n er in w h ich e v e r y th in g was
ca rr ie d o u t is e v id e n t fro m th e fo llo w in g
l e t t e r :—
B u ck in g h a m P a la ce,
12th M a rch , 1918.
D e a r M r. Mayor ,— I am com m a n d ed b y the
K in g a n d Queen to exp ress th ro u g h y o u to
th e p e op le o f Reading th e g r e a t p lea su re and
g r a tifica tio n it a ffo rd e d th e ir M a jesties t o be
a b le t o visit y o u r b o ro u g h to -d a y .

T h e K in g an d Q u een w ere d e e p ly to u ch e d
b y the lo y a lty o f th e e n th u sia stic w elcom e
a cco rd e d to them on all sides.
In assuring y o u o f the in te re st it was to
th eir M a je stie s to b e co m e p e rso n a lly a cq u a in t­
ed w ith va riou s a ctiv itie s an d b ra n ch e s o f in­
d u s tr y in w h ich th e co m m u n ity is e n g a g e d , I
am t o th a n k y o u and all co n ce rn e d f o r th e e x ­
celle n ce o f th e a rra n g e m e n ts m a d e in co n n e c­
tio n w ith this visit, w h ich w ill lo n g rem ain
m e m o ra b le to th eir M a jesties.
I am , y o u rs fa it h fu lly ,
Cromer.

T h e W o rs h ip fu l th e Mayor o f Reading .

A t No . 1 War Hospital t h s K i n g an d Queen w e re received by the C o m m a n d a n t ,
Colonel W . J . Maurice , Royal Army Medical Corps , Miss L . Steen ( t h e Matron ) ,
a n d t h e Sta ff of t h e H o s p i t a l.
[P h o to s by D aily G ra p h ic.

Decorating Col.-Sergt.-Major G. INMAN, D.C.M. Royal Berkshire Regiment
The K i n g an d t h e W o u n d e d Officers.