Reading Standard Etc 05-1915
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| Title | Reading Standard, Saturday, May 1st, 1915. Page 7 |
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| Page number | 7 |
| Date | Saturday, May 1st, 1915 |
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| Publisher | Reading Standard |
OCR Text
BERKSHIRE MEN IN THE BATTLE LINE.
First Territorial Killed.
The late Sergt. WM. GEO. SMITH, 2nd Batt. Royal Berks Regt., Benson. Killed in action.
The late Pte. W. H. DIX, 1/4TH Battalion Royal Berks Regt., 28, South View Avenue, Caversham. - Accidentally killed. Aged 18.
MOTOR AMBULANCES WHICH CONVEYED THE FIRST BATCH OF WOUNDED, 120, FROM READING RAILWAY STATION TO THE READING WAR HOSPITAL.
A Soldier's Wedding.
The late Pte. C. NEWELL, 1st Batt. Royal Berks Regt., Marlow. Killed in action. Aged 18. (A brother is wounded and another brother is going to the front.)
The late Pte. A. W. LITTLE, 2nd Batt. Middlesex Regt., 16, Rupert Street, Reading. - Killed in action.
AUSTRIANS IN THE CARPATHIANS.
Austria's hands are pretty full in these days, and it is clear that her experiences in the Carpathians are not proving altogether satisfactory from her point of view. Our picture shows a giant 305 mortar ready to be discharged against the Russians. These huge weapons are capable of doing very effective work, and they represent an important factor in the fierce fighting that is taking place for the mastery of the passes.
Pte. ARTHUR DENTON, 1st Batt. Royal Berks Regt., Wantage. - Wounded, returned to the Front.
Pte. W. H. HUGGINS, Army Veterinary Corps, 225, King's Rd., Reading. - Wounded.
Pte. WALTER WEBB, 19th Hussars, Willow Street, Reading. - Wounded.
THE SHETLAND EXPLOSION.
Our picture indicates the condition of affairs after the distressing explosion of gun-cotton which recently occurred at Lerwick in the Shetland Isles. Originally, the portion of the Admiralty store shown in our picture contained two sheds. One of them disappeared as a result of the explosion, and the photo indicates the condition in which the other was left.
Pte. J. CHAPMAN, 1st Batt. Royal Berks Regiment, Wantage. - Wounded.
Corpl. W. C. HUGHES, 1st Batt. Royal Berks Regt., South Moreton. Invalided from the front with bronchitis, rheumatism and frostbite.
Dvr. JOHN TAYLOR, Royal Field Artillery, late of Maidenhead. - Died of spotted fever a month after enlistment.
The late Corpl. O. F. BOWYER, Royal Flying Corps, Warfield. - Killed. Aged 23.
Dvr. WILLIAM PITHER, Royal Field Artillery, Chavey Down, Bracknell. - Wounded.
Rfm. E. VASS, 1st Royal Irish Rifles, Up Green, Eversley. - Wounded.
Pte. C. BREAN, 2nd Batt. Royal Berks Regt., Arborfield Cross. - Wounded.
2/4th BATT. ROYAL BERKS REGIMENT. - The Drums and Bugles, formed only five months ago and since trained to a creditable pitch of efficiency by Sergt.-Dmr. J. W. Davey, who from 1901 to 1914 had charge of the Band of the 1/4th Battalion.
WAR WEDDING. - At Holy Trinity, Reading, on Saturday, the marriage took place of Sapper C. H. Elvin, Royal Engineers, 67, Cardiff Road, and Miss Florence M. Hare, 88, George Street. The bridesmaids were the Misses M. and G. Elvin, sisters of the bridegroom, and the best man was Lce.-Corpl. A. G. Hare, 1st Batt. Duke of Cornwall's L.I., who served seven months at the Front.
H (WOKINGHAM) COMPANY 4th BATT. ROYAL BERKS REGIMENT. MOST OF THESE ARE NOW ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
THEIR DAILY BREAD.
Great strictness is observed by our gallant Indian troops in regard to their food, and even the rough-and-ready conditions of warfare have not led them to disregard the dietetic rules that are intimately bound up with their religion. Our photograph, which was taken "somewhere in France," in one the camps of our Indian Army, shows the cooks baking the chuppatis, or native bread.
Rfm. JOSEPH WEST, Burghfield. - Wounded.
Pte. WALTER KING, South Wales Borderers, Childrey. - Wounded.
Gnr. F. H. BALDWIN, Royal Field Artillery, Stanford Dingley. - Invalided from the Front.
"BERKSHIRE AND THE WAR."
LOOK OUT FOR THIS UNIQUE PUBLICATION. -- FOR DETAILS SEE PAGE 5.
WHAT GERMANY EXPECTS.
A very striking indication of what Germany really thinks of the prospects of the war is conveyed by this picture. The work which members of the Landsturm are shown carrying out in biting weather is the construction of strong trenches a great way in the rear of the actual fighting. This does not look as though a triumphant advance is anticipated, but points, on the contrary, to the fear that she will be called upon to defend her own territory. Loopholes in these trenches permit firing from any angle.