Berkshire and the War “The Reading Standard” pictorial record . Volume 4. p 744
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| Title | Berkshire and the War “The Reading Standard” pictorial record . Volume 4. p 744 |
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| Page number | 744 |
| Date | 1919 |
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| Publisher | Unknown |
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BERKSHIRE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY.
The Second Line
in France.
Bdr. HARRY ILLSLEY , 72, Cumberland Road, Reading. AWARDED MILITARY MEDAL.
T h e l at e Bdr . T . H . SMITH , 168, Oxford Road, Reading, f o r m e r l y
of 4, School Terrace . Ki l l e d i n act i on. AWARDED THE D.C.M .
Gunner STANLEY CLARK, attached
R . F . A . , 1, Norfolk Terrace , Basingstoke Road, Reading. W o u nd e d .
Sergt. S. SPENCER , 23, Kendrick Road, Reading. Wo u nd e d.
The Second Line in France
T h e second, lin e o f th e Berks
R .H .A . w e n t in t o tra in in g a t
Bear Wood in September, 1914,
re m a in in g th e re a b o u t seven
m onths. A b o u t E aster, 1915,
th e y le ft Bear Wood to ta k e
p a r t in th e East Coast d e fe n c e
o f E n g la n d â in Norfolk
and Suffolk , ca rr y in g out th ose
d u tie s till April, 1917.
T hey then w e n t t o Salisbury Plain
f o r th e usu a l co u rse o f firing,
an d w ere passed f o r a ctiv e ser
vice in France .
T h e y w ere in
th e v ery h e a v y b o m b a rd m e n t
n ea r Ypres, in Ju n e, th e
e n e m y 's fire b e in g v e ry severe.
L a te r th e y w ere in t h e h ig h ly
s u cce ssfu l B ritis h a tta ck at
Messines, w h ere t h e h u g e m in e
was e x p lo d e d .
T h e ca su a lties h a v e u n fo rtu n
a te ly b e e n n u m erou s, a n d as
t h e b a t t e r y w as fo r m e d fro m
th e to w n o f Reading , m an y
w ell kn ow n Reading nam es h a ve
a p p eared ' in th e list. T h o se w ho
h a ve m a d e th e g r e a t sacrifice
in clu d e Bombardie r H . Smith ,
o f Reading , a travelle r fo r
Messrs. Liptons ; Gunner Patey
(Wallingford ), and Gunner
Lambert (Oxford ) , th e _tw o
la tt e r b e in g k ille d a t Messines.
Serg t. Hill, a Reading m an ,
w as gassed a t Messines an d ha s
b een d isch a rg e d .
Gunner Cole,
o f 27, Leopold Road , Reading ,
le ft th e b a t t e r y o n Octobe r 20th
w ith trench fever.
A num ber of d istin ctio n s
h a v e b e e n g a in e d . T h e la te
Bombardier Smith , o f Reading ,
w as p o sth u m o u sly a w a rd ed
th e D .C .M .; Gunner H . Ilsley,
o f Reading , won th e Military
Medal a t Messines, s ta y in g w ith
a s e rg e a n t who had b een
ga ssed , to see t h a t h e re a ch e d
a d re ssin g sta tio n .
Guinner Holder, o f Shinfield, w on th e
Military Medal, h e lp in g t o p u t
o u t a fire ca u sed b y a 'German
shell. Sergt .-Major Hedges , an
Oxford m an , re ce iv e d th e Military Medal.
Bdr. G. JACOB, 1 St Saviour's Road, Reading. W o u n d e d ,
lost left foot .
The late Gunner H. EMMETT, 85 Addington Road, Reading . Ki l l e d in act i on.
Driver C. F . WITHERS . D a n g e r o u s l y ill a n d w o u n d e d .
T h e l at e Bdr . F. E. HEWETT , 29, Liverpool Rd . , Reading . D i e d of w o u n d s .