Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 977
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 977 |
|---|---|
| Page number | 977 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | Unknown |
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THE 30th MIDDLESEX.
[photo, group, exterior] The 30th Batt. Middlesex Regiment was billeted in Reading during the greater part of the war. This photo was taken on the occasion of the inspection of the battalion at the Reading Barracks by General Sir Henry Sclater, G.O.C. Southern Command, on May 5th, when he took farewell on relinquishing his command. [Photo by C. E. & A. May]
ON H.M.S. HYACINTH.
[photo, group, exterior] The man with the helmet is Petty Officer E. A. SWEETZER, 73, Catherine Street, Reading, who served on the South Africa station for six years, and during the war has been patrolling the coast of German West and East Africa.
MEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT THE BOLSHEVISTS.
[photo, portrait] Corpl. T. PEARSON, R.M.L.I., Queen's Road, Caversham.
Corpl. T. Pearson served on board H.M.S. Glory at Murmansk, North Russia, and has been in action with the Bolsheviks many times. At the beginning of the war he served aboard H.M.S. Bristol at he Falkland Islands battle, and has seen service in Italy.
[photo, portrait] Pte. B. E. HOWARTH, R.M.L.I., Queen's Road, Caversham.
Pte. B. E. Howarth, at the beginning of the war, served aboard H.M.S. Irresistible, which was sunk in the Dardanelles in 1915. He also served in Gallipoli and in Greece for 3½ years. He arrived in England in June 1918, for a few days' leave, and was sent out to Russia in July, where he served aboard H.M.S. Askold, the Russian cruiser, as a platoon commander with the Russian Allied Naval Brigade for eight months.