Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 05-1915

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READING MERCURY, OXFORD GAZR'ITE 'NEWBUR:Y HER.A:LD, AND BERKS C01'JNTY PM'ER, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915.
THE

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PROMOTION OF COLONEL HANBURY
Colonel L H H&nb 1[> '.D

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LORD DESBOROUGH S SON WOUNDED
CaptalD Julian Grenfell D S 0
eldest son of
Lord Rnd Lady Desborougb IS hug m the MIh
tary HORP tal Bo dogne btl'1.llg been dangerously

READING A C MEMBER KILLED

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New::! hlL"I been recclvoo. by h s Wife who T O
5Jdes a.t 586 Oxford Road Read ns thn.t P~ I
of the 2nd
wo ndod LU the head when leading b s company vate Will 10m Frederick Rlch&rd60
of Ro,)a.l Dragoons uto Dction Lord a nd Lady Ba.tWion of the Royal B erkfih re Rcguncnt hall
DC!ibor ugh
ere t.eJ("grapbed for nnrl went flt bf!eD killed Ul action IDtun a.tion s contaLDed
once t FrnncE' ,here they Wlll reUHHU w t h In letters Whlch ha ve beeu nce Ted (rum five
th£' r son t.ill he s out of rlange.r An Ope-robOD o ( b 5 chums 8011 of whom sta.te tfJat they " e r e
hn~ been successfully performed
fightmg w th him whe I he fell Th:. occurred
on the 9th of Mav wben the rod Be rksh res ap
BERKS J P S FURTHER LOSS
p.rently loot 60 heln ly He WaH libot through
the bead and d ad Instll.nilJ
Pr vaw Rlc h",rd
TaRn: SoNS KlLLE.D Oli!'&' PR.180NER
BOn who bBS been w th ilie Royal Berksh ro Reg
ment for over five YOMS W&5 'Wounded n October
hiS trIgger b mnll hlown off by &. shell Pr va.to
Rlchardfiot W8t> very successful 8S 1\ c ross ca l n
try runncr ha.VUlg won q ute B. num rH3r of prIzes
H e belonged t.o th(l Read ng AthletiC Club n d
'Was ODe of ts. hast men n the harners section
He WM a. member of a. telLlD. wb c h Wflon lor !.he
Royal Berks the shield p: yen n connect on ~ th
Due o f tbe Army e ba.mplO 6h po:; tor CI'O&i-Coun
try running Pnvnt.e R chardson "s.s born m

WOUNDED -News has heen receIved that 11ot the H gbland Leta
bu been WCJ dcd R.nd f Irth e r newlI of hi" ta
d tJOn 1fj Ilnx ouslv a.wa ted L eutc na.nt Phdl
more enhstect on t he 0 tbreak of war I!.nd JO ned
the Oxford 8.nd B cli:'! L r
roward s thc aDd of

tenant Godfrey PhIl) more

the year he recciv ed h s COmnt.MI'iIOn and "''''
tra. sf crroo to Lbe H ghland L I H e proceeded

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tho In e Colonol F A Deane

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co:\t of eMent.:al art ci(\1 of cll')th ~ an I oqllpmen t
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of the total fI. o .... aooe Un fo m and IX!. pment U1
tho al uc, of £3? 36 a. P. p ov dNI
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LIEUT R W PAL1!ER

HUDSON'S SOAP
FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, the old folks
gladly testIfy to the outstandmg merIts of Hudson's Soap. To
them, Hudson's Soap typifIe., Perfect Cleanliness. It IS the one
Soap most useful for a hundred-and-one purposes. It saves
time at the wash tub -Saves work and worry.-Keeps Lmen
sweet and wholesome. It IS splendid for Woodwork and
Pamted Surfaces It IS always used for Washmg up after Meals.

Colonel W C BeeQr CMG
R:\i\IC
thus descr bao; th-o ten ble e ffE1 ct~ of th e poison
o 16 ga.'W" used by t h.e Germo.ns _ Ask all to
try aDd r eal 6e lhemsehes 0 e rcome hy & 6tld nK
ga.s wh nh tioon ma.de them feel a!\ If they hrLd
ba.leci \ t.r 01 that g reat pa n grtllluall j ov rca rue
them thrvughout tho "hole bOd) II-](I t hat csch
fight for ,a IJ}()rsel of R.lt CIL UBed fI, a.gony R.S If a
red hot rOD "' e rc perc Dg t he r c hc!\t tbat II e
hop e l~ feeiJng of 1\ cr b g
e ght
Il
Sf) cezu g then gradua.lly 1.0 death
fln I e cry
a.tt.cmp t to hft t from the c hest fs led fln 1 lert
.hem . . tl &I ex h ll 6t on l rorr wb c h here s 0
p. scapn no hope Eacl cha.nge of pcB I 0
only
b oS S cxa.corbnl <m of t.he pit. n 0 t.hc chp.s
n.n J at t rues No I) c kne86 I.e t mffi more nU!5CO s
Ihan 8e1lil cknes: r lW!ked th e r &eh ng booles til
the" tned toO VO Il It the r el J I gl tlng I agfl I
lion ex.aggcra.ton of the ~gooy B.t.t.end ng each
effort LO get 1\ deep brcat.h t he m s~u l ar effort
to vomit ell. S ng lUI m ch p3 n /Wi the stn gglo
tor breath
Sktl\ II fWld surely the con~ OU5n e~
cl mpcndlog d el\.th !Ii a.il that I'S left to t bol!e who
hRot'e made II. gRJIa.uf figh~ for hfe
B,nd as i.he
de6prunng look fixNi If.s beseech mg ull for he lp
Otl tbose who Rore power:less to Iwilp
you mll y
Im&g1D e l\ e burn WIth &D DSa.tla.ble d eSIre for
ret'fmge

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POST OFFICE ENGINEER SLOSS

Jnt milt on ha..~ been r eco t'oo bl Mr J
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Robh I) Ipennt.end Dg cngmeer of t.he P06t Office
telephones for it e 00 Ito M dland D 6tr ci a.nd
of Ardm.ure Wokingha.m Roa<J R ead g ihM h s
600 Arlb r Cha.rles Robh wa~ k lied n act on
BERKSHIRE on lCER ENGAGED
neR r Ypres towa.rdA the end o f lao8t month He
The ellga.l!Oment S f1noounced between C"p "'ii I'; 22 ye&rs o f ~e a.nd WM I U the Sca.fortl
ta n [aure nce "
B rd Il' t BaLta/ 00 Ro 11.1 H gh la.n ders ",h c rog me nt h e JO ncd a.t Va
Berksh re R eg mcn~ vo ng~t 80 of Air Artb ur ('.0 er 0 tJIC 0 tbrcak of ""u Hi> em grated
B ro
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Tl e G r a.nge
Grea.t Bookham to \ Itonoomer about two YCR-I'S ago
S urre
8 d H J<J,s
fo ll't.b da.ugh ter 01 the la1.e
Mr R chard A.ltred Let B:,\ 1\1 n M Ch of
A CALL 10 LADIES
Wedo rd an J \ akefield '\ orks
CaptaJo L \\ B rd h ~ been a.t the Cront a cl
RE&..Dl l\G Al'iD THE FI'I: PEAlL
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The SOAP~rith a CHARACTER
IN PACKETS EVERYWHERE.

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L autena.nt Colonel
(2nd) ~t.h Bntt ROYrll Berk8 Reg mcnt
(8 sned " A ELL IRON
L N.I cnant-ColonB\
Ro) at Bolfk:l Rf'gUIlBllt

AND
DISTRICT VOLUN1EER
DEFENCE FORCE
Orders for week end ng May 29th _
£iu dftJ MIt~ 2.1 d Dr 1 a.~ 3 p m

195

IlERKSHlRE TOMCCO ~ND CIGARETTE
FUND

Mo day May _4th
Sect 0
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ROY,\L BERKSHIRES

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CHEL!I SF OaD

AN lX S T'ECTIOS

ENGLEFIELD

SANDHURST

CUE OF TEE

SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER
B<lD'f FO U ~D I N A

W OU !'iDED

AT

ENGLEFIELD_

Pre" 0 s t<l Mondav ho transfe r of pat en~ 10
t.he W ar Hoop tal at Engleficld House had bee
ma.d e from the Oxl'.:m i cent r e but IIorrangemen ts
have no" been made
. . h ereby the wounded
will be sent dIrect from tbe Readtng Ws.r
Hos p t.nl The excellent arrnngements at Engle
field Hou~ (orgs. flat on staff ete) roma.m th e
san e G6 heretofore

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Wednescia.:v Ma.y "6t.h
dr 11 a.t 7 30 S gna.lI ng
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Shoot ng from 3 to 6
Sect on parndo &t 7

'lhursdil.) Ma.) 27th Shoot ng from 7
G e neral Codr ngton comma.nd ng the 3rd Nfl 4 Sec t on
<\rm} rece tl made an officla I sped 0 of the
F r da.) Mil.)::?Silt Shoot ng from 7 p m
(2nd) 4th BnttA. on Ho il.1 B erksh rc Reg me nt
Sect on
n a. meadov. at Vi dto d a.bo t. a m Ie d STant
Satur l~) May 29th Dr 11 Bot 3 pm
from CI eln 8ford
lh bnttal on I araded n dr 11
king you n anttc pfltion l\e remain
COL E KENSING10N Commondaot
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great
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banderole
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tnnn
Yours cry tru~
Ther e w II be a.n mport..n.nt ge nera.! m eet g nr
ClHr ng h:. k t bag
Upon a g t'en s gnn.l tl e
FRANK W PORTER
tbe
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rue6dn.y Mm.y 2..,th n Sf P C1A1.T S
Command g Office (Colonel L H
Ha. bury)
RICHARD HOJ' E
whe n a.1I members
ga e t he order to fix ha.lon eti! E\. d .... h ~n U e HILI! En r le} a.t 830 pm
Ma d An heAd
are lnked to attend
Genera.l hRd entered th e field th e haHnl on ~n. c
hillY 1St! 1915
fh Bre v.tll be a sl 001, ng ma.tch
t.he R eud ng
t.h e generu,1 sa lute by prnsen t ms (l.rmB
fI e
AtJ let C \ 01 teer F()rce on ThUrsday
ColoDel 0 P Serocold command ng (1st) fth batLlllon vera tJ en formed l nto 001 m platoOo 5 2tbs.t.8pm
l3erks l\ r tos a.nd t.he k t:'\ of ea.ch co npa.ny were
lsp ec l.ed
T1 e General Officer expretisoo h m
Our men are well suppl ed WIth fb" necessttte5 ser. a.ra tel~
LOOAL MILITARY NOTES
se
f
:liS ti orouglly s&t. tified
of I Ce h t v.e co Id e;ometlmes do 'WIth more
The Bngad e r Genera l (Lord Sal sbury) WRJ'i
sleel but on tbf! "hole there s I We to grumblo
Second L eut h-es. who baa lust heen a ppo nted
t and e eryone
s fit Bnd chE'erf I I hope present. durmg the mspect on
Til con sCfluence of
reeru t I g IS better n Berkshlr6 I 8ball be $'lacl t he frequent 0. r ra. d s hy the G ermans uflOn to a comm iSSion n the tth Tern to 181 battal on
Ro)al
ReglDlent, has been g "en the taw
to hoor that the (3rd) 4th Battalton s t ull
E~e::t and t heIr reported pI"e6ence elMe to porary Berks
ran\.:: of lieutenant
though 1 feo'\r It 5 at preseDt far from It
Chelrnsf.1rd durmg t h e r 1&st v Ii t the ha.t.tal on
Lents Haney Allfrey Fnzell Reeves fLnd
tespon.s ble tor f rn Rb ng the Br 8"dc d t ct5 (or
Captam Thorne offi cer command nC D CODl the week have unpomnt speCial dut es to per Nugollt hllve befm promoted to the 5 1bst ntiHl
rn.nk
of capta D to ths Roy I Borks RegIment.
pany (1st) 4th Royal Berks wntes
form
Capta n Haney ]0 ned tho regIment n D~ember
Dear Mr Port.er My Com pan) hilS J lI'it r eo1906 nod bs I~ SAmng 'n th tlo nh (Ugan In)
ce cd 8 C:OIlSij(WDent of the tobacco and c garottes
LIEUTEN ;\NT GILES AYRES LAST
Ba.tt lion K nR' s Afr,ca.n R fl e!> Capta. n \Hfnw
for'Kl).rded throl!S"h the ftgency of yo rselC a.1 d
MESSAGE
nei m F ebr lIlT'V 1007 antl before the wa r d d
10
Mr Hope and 1 Wr I.e on bohalf of mJ men to
Tho followmg 16 an Os.traot from II letter (rom dl t~ R.t RMd nJ;' A.ttachfid to the :lrd Rosene
6Xpl'f.68 t1 elr and llly rice[l gratitude The t1:l-o Second Lieui.(lna.nt G \~ t\Yff'6 wr t.e to hili p.1r llA.tta.hon
Capbun Fnzell WIU; Bppn ted to b s 8uooess
tb ngs tbe men mnst "'ant out here are tob3cco enh tho n ght before h fi Jt\'l,.h .... h I oak plaoo
first COmm SSlon 10 Octt-lher 100 a.ml t~ on acthe
nn J tlJ h .... r from home Tn sending the fonner o Su da) Ma~ 9th
R enders &rn referN'.d to "'n . dv"M~aeDll!!n t
1\
",h1Ch M l\8 d hat they serv ce WIth the lf1t Bnttnlon C",-ptam Ref'I P.
yo rlre alfio n a sense supplYing the 1a.tter want were ordered to aUack & \,or y fltrong pas I, 0 the
ILnot he r column 106 to the 01 en lng of the hokl
I\PFOlIItet'! second heut.eDant n "Mav 19118
next
W
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an I tha.t makes the g ft nil the more 3PPT'OO!ated ..llO.r.t Dlorn nJ;!' n "h cI hili ,....g n ~nt w o ukt lead was
d ~tPttoo9 NUient Jl)med the 2n I Batt.ahon 1D
We Ilt1'l now In the tronehes for the f, lxth tinu'!
I e tenant !\y~ oonclud«l. h s letlflr .... th t.bie
Altho gh It I S n. fDIrly qu et part of the hnB the mOlifaga rend Let.. Sl In".. A U!;bacl "'1' hs b6l'!n p ro-..
BaHAI on hilS plentJ of opport n tJ to "how what
I ehalt .';"0 0 or the top (of tl I"J rI"Jn h~) w tb
t,., j.h·h jt'rulk of lieutenant n tho Berk~
t IS made of nnd 1 run-e hoord 0 advaTNl repo rt..
our 01 I .101 00 MO I a. I then God h 1 bo dono
W II!
to 10. tely lOlne I
or Cri tIC sm I can naturally on Iv speak l\ th
If t ho .... o:s doos I ... pen I .... a t 01 to 01 .he
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Colonel A F Mockler Ferryn a.n a. roknowledge of my own Companr and of them I
yo n~ fe ows of Rooding and t.h.oOffl II 6 n OJ y tired officer of tho O~fcmish rA ftTlI B e ks I T
can say t hat no one 00 tid w sh to s~rve " th a
that all who can must tome out and take our
places..
~:t" g~OOd~ apPOinted It generd t l'it.'l.ff offi cor of t.he
pI ckler more cheelJ or more reso mefnl lot of
men We do four da.ys n the trenches and then
four dA S D local re5erve
lfR GLl-58 A'IU!:8 AS A OrORTS!tl4N
PrlTIi te If J Baker hit &oya 1 Berke sends a
TaE EI!TATE MARKET
Th. F........
In every bmnch of sport tbat 1 co took up Mr
most cordIal letter Wlth the follow ng hnes _
Glles A) res llch eVi' I A. cone dera.hlo measure
l\ hen t mes are hard t s no Joke
A ver:v old world p ee& of freebold pmperly n
of s cec Ii Perhl\pt; h :\ favo r te ga.me \\EI.lI
To go t.o war W'tt.bont l. smoke
gh of RGadm6 which many p eople ILl
f~ball both Rughy &nd ASSOCIatIon a ld t.h6 ~eOU~ constantly
nut a l"eport of GeDeral J mDch A
PIL6S ng ,,11 not teoogn~
ucloMd in &II AJumlnlllUII
Berksh re Wanderer,; and the R eadmg Am&te r h
SaYS ths Barks are good when n the trenches
tL! JUi;t h een sold by Mesns NlCbo!u. 'Mila ~
for th. Pock.t.
Fe hRod 10 hIm oDe of the r rnQSt ull6ful pla.yen NOfI.
The r hearts
cheered let t be N1.ld
B ",od 12 Boults Wa.lk Wb tIer
"tuo.t.ed
00 more thltoU one OCC,,"'510n he phned lD U.e
BVb parcels
Maldenbea.d.
the "' est SIde of 'Vbltl ey Street
almost
Th. r"elaltfJ. eT are
Berblhm~ h ockey te.wn a. die n.1M l.ook p art. n on
oppos t.e thf' pump
'lntl 5ent
the rore gn to1ll'1l of Ute eM alii HOCJ(flY Cluh
THE nNDER CANNOT CET
Who v. th
He \'88 A. I!ta.rnch supporter ot tbe RelWlmg Row
WET OR EVEN DAMP .ad ..
\v tb tbe
nB Club ,., h h he repre..<;entcd as a. GeUner n
alway. ready to tillite br • tuna
UFTON
So boYS
va.r ous regatla8 lie Ifolso s.hone M &. bllffmla 1
.Ith. w ....L
Return to
for th€l Rea.d ng Cr ckct Club A de ol:.ee of the
DEATH OE' 'Ma A SUDE -Tbe sodden deatb
Four
rOYAl
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a
lClent
.same
he
\\;\8
One
of
t.he
l~t~b A Slade wh <lh tnok plMe on Fnday May
Arabs
best pl&)ers In the Henley Golf Club wh cit h e
c&used jI. gloom 090r the wbi)le VlUage
frequently
repl'l"6ented
n
Inter
club
nla..tcb~1I
sendlDg" us
The qeceased who bad resided for many
Allotber pa.st me wb c b be lollm\ed ~ th e>Uc 1D t.b c VillAge and ,,"18 ever rea.dy to
D need of
0 a
F,..
10llg as we ba.ve
06Ni t'as &ctlng a.nd he \'&8 onc of thO' prlllC
lUndly action had eodea.red bJmseif tl) all w th
lDembel'6 of t.be ReadIng ThesplllD Soclet.y 0 a h'hl)Ql h e came In cont'&Ct
Although 1 eav Iy
genla.! IWld kindly di8po~l1tioD CV(,..l' rt>o.dy to do •
&nd..ica,Pped by .. lIIewre aCCIdeut 11 early hfe
'nend a good turn be hJW1 110 boat of fTiellde .nd he Look 110 keen ntertll5t In the weUa.re or the
hle deat.h s a. !'evere blow to local aportin
The fun..... look pI"". .t Ulton 00
WJ.oI...s. Pri.. on orpIiea_
(! rclf!s
as Willi M to the AtbeDamm ClUb 0'
edneeday the
be
bome f!'Om th6
..bleb he was the second member to fall tD the church to th~J!"'. by old I"end. ODd h.. two
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war He wy thlt'ty yea.ra of age, Ukl ~ few _ . lD I&w Jdany.f the floral trIbute. c.m.
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