Reading Observer 10-1917

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.At the Barra
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Metal , waa presented to
TboDUIS :Boshell, ' of the
by Lieut.-Col. R. G.
Roy..! Berka R~gi1l}er't,
N.C .O:, '·,and
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Regime))t, The r<~~i~:~~t''\;fgtj,

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unif~ol hi. , old
Col. Oh~ ' ,~id it
Bodi.lt· .ltoqld be pr~..nted

the , para.de ground
h ll~
ChiWs ppoke ' in apprecia.tive
rendered to their ~un~ry by
...other near rela.tlvel
The record Q! , "' . Bosbe)I'.
bl. ,!t.D1ily
an exceptional ,
Bo&J,ell enlisted, in the 49taadl~~~;~e/;i
1861. • H~ ',erv!ld, wj1h t4e 4
~ea.rs
On tlfu forma.tlQn

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ing in J,pu,,,,,. 1878, he

moted
41.0 ~~i~~;'~i~~?Jt!J
cha!JgedSe~g~.·Majn"
to Sergt.·M"'jor
, ..rving ·,illtil · dl~charged to

30 'years' serJlco. .

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GWlner Fredk. Re.gin~Jd
Gun Corps, lSon
.n<l[Mrs. A. Johnson, of the Prmce of
AveI'M, • few; d.•is before
'fhis
h. "rJ'Oie home m
in. delivery and

fen to

Johnson,

Jett~r re~ed {blS

w~ 1 klll.d. The
.,n'z batta.lion speaks most
&~d " comrade bas written to
and Mr& .
.on a8!uring tbeDl that their son was ~ really
youog f~JJo'l', boliked by all. He received
wOWlds wheh gallantly st,eking to hi. gun.
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TH'E tATE SERGT. W. J, MARSHALL.
Mr. and Mn. Ma.rsh.lI, of Cross.• t"",t, Read·
iD~ who, .0 far, bve had DO oIDeilll nOLifi""t;on
fro~ the War Office' of the dea.th 0(, their
but.
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nevettheles8 have, from -iba.t

1u.t beard from
Colonel ot the 'Regiment, t."'o Durham
i:mtrv to whiCh &rgt. Marsh:\l1 wall
that h~ di~ the death of " &'! 11 all t 80ldier,
l et~r Col. CIl.yna writes: tie (your .on~
ver~ gallant ~ath , when in committld, of a
He was a~ inlPl rm~ example to his men .
SeTgt ~nba'l was'" only a. short time j.n
buttalion ;l bu't. in tha.t time he made a. gre.o.t
Jl~~ion op. his CODttllQe8 and' hlB compapy
deatb cerli6care., hove

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othe~ him
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in ipe
som~~p~~",,~y~.;~W~)i~o~D~
me !nbout
.11 's.used'
the C,SAme
was on, ~o.n 10 thQ1ll.;"nds,"
:.~:'t2~~(~E~d
.., far abpve hi. 1ello-..l.
path" in tbe 'tI'8.t sacrifice
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