Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 03-1916

READING MERCURY
LATEt)£ INTELLIGENCE.

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BERKS APPEAL TB:mUWAl;

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LONDON

FRIDAY

'lhe om al Tnbunal for the c."untv of Berks
wh ch ncludM tho county borough of Ree.d ng
mot at tbe Sh re Hall ReadlDg on Maroh '>nd
Mr A J Ma~k()y.ToP was rh 1\ n as eM rman
a. d '\[y' Chambers of :Messrs Blandy l.D.d Cham

EVEl!l'lNO

CENTRAL NEWS SPEcIAL WAR SERVICE

lars as secretary

SITU AT ON AT VERDUN
To day s F eneh offic al communique
says
ne the F Bnch
a t"Iliery
bombarded

In A 1I0:onvoys on the read from Montfancon

Ge ",va
man
1 f Ih II
neou t The s tUItion east Inrl wea 0
to
underwent no chanae dut na the n ght
Meus~ mans d d not aHem"t any Infantry
™ e The 3rt e Y bombardment cont nued
a ton ,e nt on bath banks of the Meuse and
bf n!l v
French batterl ..
n m tteot 1\ the Waevre
n A\$Ice 'It ecked the German trenches on Hili
425 east .t Thann

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Frday
The Mat n
publ shes extract from a letter
bah gh Getman off c al n which he says
Ywe "ave ost lou teen hundred thousand mtn
k ed and as mOlny more d sabled by wounds or
n a ds th ese t guros do nat nc ude pr saners
o d t S slIffer ng from 0 d nary wounds

Tl e cba rman Mr Archlbnld John Mackey
B A J P of n ll'st House TIu sf;, Derks
boon Recorder of Andover s nee 1898

He

SITTING YESTERDAY
The first pub c s tung of th. s tnbunal wI c.h
ombraces the County Borough of Read ng
waos
held yesterda.y (li'r d'8.y) at the Sh re Hall. when
all he members vere present
z Mr A J
M ckev J P (chl\ rmn.n) Capta n 1 C Loder
S}monru. C A Mr ArU ur W Sutto Mr J
W Wn.lker J P 1\11' J F Downmg 1Ilr G A
Job Rton J P Mr W Donn. <loon Rawl ns K C
Mr JI G Hawk ns and 11r A r Kn ght
th
tI 0 c e rk (Mr
C G
Cha.mbers of Mel!srs
Bland an 1 Cha.mbers sol c tors R end ng) M.r
F J K Cress, C C represented the Board of
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OFFle AL GERMAN CASUALTY LISTS
Off caG e n an casualty sts show the total
to the end of February to bo
2667372
not
~ lid ng naval or eolon al eas.ualtles
TWO BRIT SH

TORPEDO
BY

The Adn

BOATS

OOLLIGB, BUJ)DlG

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ME!IIORUL CONCERT
Capta 0 J F Jessop W e es of
Th cket hae been promoted ca.ptain n t.he
Berks Regtment dated December
He has been In France 10 months w th
B.ttaJ.

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Second 1 euLena.nts t.o be heutenaoU! Septem
her !ath H Hew tt a.nd to be seconded from

<h:tober 21st for sen ce v th Ro}a! FIYlllg
Corps H H R H 11 a.ni R Ha gb
'Iempore.ry second 1 eute Bollia to be temporary
] eutenants September 28th -H V Batchelor
A P Dobso M P Pug]
Se.coond L euten& t
J L Freeman to be cutenant September 28\J
Second Reserve - Tempora.ry 8000 d 1 cuwua.nts
to be temporary 1 eutenania Februa.ry 1st -0
G Pa.~ ne F Lawson A D Clare M Sears
weil

Sen ce Bllotta.l ons -Tempora.rv 1 eutc.na.ntR to
be tempol"ll.ry capta. ns -T G R ob oson Octo
bel' 14t.h '1 B La l"e ce Ja. ua.ry 1st Second
Li cu t.ena.nt F D Ph n PI'! to bo temporary 1 eu
rena t J nnuary 1st
re npornt') second I euten
Ronts to be tempornr~ 1 euten&nts Ja.nua r} 1st _
C E BcnJ Q G ~I Cox H C Churd ill G
Baker D J Footman
lobe temporary 1 eutenant wh 1st lSe" n g w th
Trone] MarLar Bllti.cry Ja. uarv 1 t -Temporary
Seen ] L e te nnt S L Rozeln-a.r Roya.l Berk
sh re Reg n ent
1he pro not on to rank of J eu tcna t of Second
L curona t (.emnor&lJ Capta. n N W est :os ante
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SUNK

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Secflnd ReA(\l'VC -Temporal" L eut.enant H C
Mn.nd c
to be t.em~ nr) enop tn. n Fobn ILrv 1st
OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKJNGH!\.YSHIRE
LIGHT J1\"FAN rRY

MINES

nnounce that the Sr t sh
t pfdo boat d est Dye
Coquette
L eutenant
V e S~ymOU
n command and the
Br t sh
to pedo boat No 11 L eutenant John Legh
!lave t k m nts off the East Coast and sunk
Th e 3. u es we e
Coqueue
one
officar
tw nt one m n to pedo boat No
11
th ell
.ffi HS wen Y n en
.1

as the

8600nd 80n of the late Colonel fJ A Mn.ckey of
}o a. rh 11 Exeter He s a member of ttie Wok ng
hum Dl'ncb a.nd I S (\ regular attendant at tHe
B tt ngs of the court.

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GENERAL SMUTS PROGRESS
Gen era Smuts repo ts that after the oetupa
n of Cha a 'Jeste day Genera Van De Ven
te 510 ce pushed on t o Taveta wh ch the enemy
h rl pa Y ev a uated Some Ge mans w th a
math ne gun s en de ed
We now occupy
a
S mu taneous y w tn yesh day s fo
Yi d mo e en s Gene a
T ghe commenced an
a .lck on the Sa a ta pos t on wh ch place we
now 0

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COPENHAGEN F flay
The K I\g and Queen attended the banquet
las n ght to Scan d f1av n M n s.ters. who w l
ho d a conte ent e to day
FRENCH BARQUE SUNK
F nch fou masted ba Q e Ve du
He e n ba
t has been sunk Twenty 5)(
01 the ct ew we e saved and two lost
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