Reading Standard Etc 09-1915

I·...
~.

~,

l-~.-

STANDARD.

LETTERS ,FROM TKE
. , I FRONT: '

,[ i

(.

61~ B~B.~sIiIRE~.

,

,

~

EUemy, J

..

<,

I

I.
,

r

t
t

Mark~

\J I

nmll

1,

1.le\ll . 1' . t; A q;~!f ' lC~h Eu.st. l..n:I¢3. ' Uegmmut,
Al)lcgdoJ;J I I1
•
\\.c h !H ~. IItl(l n fo tl,lUght in !lie t rr. nch os IHnce I
wrok t-o veil 1.181.. 'l' hQ Geru\:It\s .... ero anl~' 61ghly
:raNis fro.'l l CUI llc ncho~, IW yOU Cflll glless we had
IltcnLl' e f t~ ull'l. grc.na.d>!lS, de, O\'C:- liS.
Du\ W· ;;~ I".! I..'tl :!m M mu ch .\ & t,.h ey g;\\(l " " 'l'h~
Obr.r.: nr..:; ' 11( Ij'pbed 1.0 ,blow 11;0 up wltll. b llJl.qS but
t he) W e:' ~ "h'Jrl
,]'h" nf! tt " 11 hud 1\ few cl\IIl:n!hl'5 nnd 0\11' 1ronch
:IS ! . \t'c k ~:d IIbou! , t.h ey dll.! u kit. o f d ll l ll!l t; ~ t.o

H

I\'

I

•, , f

the 6th Ua Lt IRoyal ' Berks RegIment. wns s~ nt to

\

1

"

"

I

.

rl}i'\."IWln~ IjJtt~:\:.1 <Ahlfl~don

The

i\

Mine~' Which l\<~issed'

I Their

I' ,

I

I~ "

thOlr (\" n t.rc nch

' Vhl.'.n t.hc${' 11'Ilncs go IIp It

shllk.:.\! t lli' c (l~ ~ h for

t\I 1! qa

'\

)'

.I
;'

I

/1

I

(

"

·I'l '.! (:(")11'1118 &:'lId over WU:1t-.1,' C call "f1:1l1sn.g()5. '·
'l'h ~ y nre IlkI"', lw(}-~n ll o ll uti C311S .mil thcy d o R. lot
ut tl r.lUl.~~'" S(:1ll~ I ' t' I ['o8.
"
1'1\.0 or Oll ~ poorll:l1h \\' o~c kllol\k" d out "lUI ont'o
DllrLll~ tll.l! .fourtcml d ays " \~_ h nd about l h lrty

J
"

purity

and l6gh

1.,

cK.!ltlnhl":>" In o u. b:lt.tl' I'oll. I
M y \~ c "'8. t ono J ~~ l nl :~ :t w /lSh nr.d ,'ClI c:ln bl't
w o thll cn )!'! 1\ ';!;ood \\ .1111\ \\ h e1\ wo got bn..ck t.o
o\lr b.lld.s tll C o! h('1 'dn,}. 'lh l8 nfLcrnoo:l wo n r c
go.mg to hn\ c II. !lC:Jt- 1 h oL hutlt .
. I
' I bope y O' L d Oli l !I"I"I' to go to ~ierrn. T.e ono ('Ml'
A rgyle hns \ O!tllli NJl I'll Jor Ren'lca there) , for T
wau l. to sc-er)'OIl "hC'1l lim, \\'31 is o\'or, \llllch I hoj>O
won't.. 100 long.
~ ... 1
~'

_ I
II ~~

,I, 1

i

,/

'j

.Revle~ved by Lord Kltehener and

I

<

the

beit e'l1,ipnoen! th.t, money

Cl\ll

buy,

of all this we make good Jam.
,

I

'

nev,er(blel~;s. '0 at <Wite low

1. , - -

r

r<'gu~:t r

l\.

:~t~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~f~f~::~
)r~
r Bi}
Agbeight and a quarter,
Whose 'trousers daily get
'

him
~~;:~~:'~1~~1~
BLANCMANGE

Billy growS taU

.t~:r.:~:en~';~~~~
d
-

~On''''''''

summer
never

oce,uder I

I I ~e,1

1

t'

, the

1

(

'

J'

,

, I"

:.' l

I' '""

,

"

I

\,

( I

'.

'.

. 'I

-

The:!lo trcndht'!' mn. '11~g t.ho nolrtlH~m borde r o f
a. \\"\100 , whLch m
a nd
1914, ~Ln d
f
tic Postcard.
boon tho 8CCnoAofPathe
tlp1ll0 of tl).o 118nl ('!,t
the ~,...nr, --:v1.ll<.'h 1i<3d It WMI {'MY t p 8(,0 by
b el' o f grD.\(>6 ",hlCll we-ro d oLted about ell
p l:tcc, t hero 'h..,\mg ibocn o nly jhst. I UlII) 100 "'",ihh']
bury th<L-'poor fellows :It. lJlO t tilt'• .:Jnd th(\ n
wtuds, wll€).n \\ e } Llld driven the G o nll ll.n!J out o f
the \\ ()()(l .all.ogotaH'r, 1.0 oreet..:l. WOodO'1 cross w\l(~te
fbQ ~r.avo was. "Thero wcrh many \'ra'J'
it\!'fi lptlOns wtllrel! 01\ theso rr~I"'''. I,.
ell them ... tMlclc: nlO III p!lrh c lI.I!l r, o nc r olat.N:l
I t W:lS the I!r:lve <M hVQ tli'Ot bl"' rs '-"ho bad Ibccn
bayoneted to d l'!I.th " Inlst 1Tl fro:lt of
trench
on 'tsif'lIIng 1).'\.l ro1 ; Iho. olher look the
post.oard from ft. hWo {prl \\' ho \\ rotc t o her
lt arrived on tho \ ery u-'\y ~ur. fabb er wn'l
r.an S() m ewh~t lik e thiS ,. Dea r

N;;; .,;':;';;;,

-

"~

1

SEftVI~E I
Tw: OISTRIG"f.

i,""""t,,,,,-I

n.nd

'~')

r'~
...I

I

I

?<ft.olkr

I

,

I :,:

1

\\" h olt! for 8 o.VC I\
fW:tj... lJ ?C' ~ Id t h en
oocx. up apltl \nt6

th e

his Mother grows

fron t

"

\

,

PROVISIONS

and short'er,

";.,;, ,,,;,;':

, ~.

r

t.atcd country. WO ha.VQ boon Qub n6W for nC:l.'rly

f o ur h o urs

", '
.,

,1

L

women and homes wbibh
boon
Ih lll terr.ble- \\ ay
.a.\)o\\l our frr!.t. l e'l days (J ut \H~rG, tlur ing'
tUlle w e lvld I\,
O U!'
t.rc llc1l ~ fo r

'

'

,
10

of

En.glalllls"lrn·d
lild EnglWh
In

,

tH'
I

'I.I

five mOll IN , and during that. t.191tf I h nvo-kell qtllto
e nough Lo 'be ab10 to sny 1 t h n.nk God t lint It lis

IN' THE WORLD

I

/'

'-

Sergt Perc,! W Chapman,
L.T , - wrltc:'S ~At. ~n~t thC': 6pporL\Uu ty hu f1tT IVOO t6 write,
T a.m
chn rge of tJ1C brJg.l d ~ g'\l:ird for
fo ur h \Irs, !W J shdl h:1\ o most. of lha t tune
myself excopt. \ \'h OI1 ",nYl ge.n~ra l .or unyolll'
blgher rank tbillks: fit. Lto p8!;,S b y. \\·llcn on iJle
('of ,. G u ~rd turlL cut. j . we all ha.vo to scnt-tlc
n nd prclICnt. armS IQ hlnl in {I. moat. unp06lTI:; mnn 11 m'. Now to t.oll yell l ust brl ofly .of somo .of .our
dOlngs Sill(:!) wo h aH! broil cut. h ero Ihl t h IS dev.as-'

I

"
~
~

the Prince of Wales.

O i,rli,Clnrvl h..

I

, .\

.

JJuck ~

\ '

"

4th OXFO.RDS

all-round perft;ction

I (

~

War

\

"

daddv.-H

my Ibl ~~ hday to-W1J, amI yo ur htt.lo daUplltn· ill
four y ca:rs old, aliI' ~9 ~\1l\ .I n:; -n httle part.y of her
fr iends to t c-." and m ummy ,1n.l1 "alI t yo u t.o
come. lJ~('(l. OO .:\SJ{ Y6IL r offioor lf l16 WIll l€'t JOll.F rom your biotic un\I!l'llt-c. "
only two

food. f'~o',~r. Y,I~1~~i3"~~>;::
stodgy,

mouth. With
Blancmange by

of tho ma ny cases \\hu~h r
10 make .one .t,hlllk

t I , wInch
rllld wick ed

nn')\;~l~:,~+~~'~~~'~~r,'~'.:tl::"~"~,~'f:J

\', .... " .... Iho
;Lhado"
war
..I"",,]

ool,lld b e
short. v. hllo t.he re'
Idlo Y"<lung
n. mrtn "ho
t.lu:~. re 1 ."o' 'n,),;,, ''\

P'lPors
1n sl)nidmg

l\er b !'lS~ , .a.ml T note
haH} \J ~ II kl ll l'd or' \\olmdc.(l " ' e n a.ve
ClNlv!n~
' 00)'3 In tl,15 bat lnIJon, a.nd r
&C\ cr :l\ be ong-mg 10 <"'I hcr llmts .... bom I
Ibo)l\
da),a' J:u1d t h" y \\ ere jus t. a.s
s~o me <3 l1-

'.

I "~1I to liCC Lh C>Jn
I T1)c T~ 11 of the Sni per.
~r~.. 1[1 Ill'!': bl1.tt.."\Jton 113\'{' be" n c!:l r(VIllcly for.
l\ln.:\l~ ;...t1r iola l oo5ual11t"l up to daLe h !l.\o .only
been~ , 14 ()f whom h R.\ C b[!{! 11 kill ed. Most. of
them h ?xe bee n kIlled ~y SDlpt'I"8, ,w ho arc pogplc
\ OJry much to be roopbCtod. We 11uI.\0 now ~n
out Of j iJ10 tmnch ~ for no.n.rly four \\ ooks, nJl(l
W6ro vt;ry ogl:ld of f.b" res! ,· .(lo3 It; IS not all Qgcl hr-r
thl) rest of th~ ~ rcJ(lb ca, but th« co!lltlllual !5lruill
upon l '1l0 nervous !J:1.tCUl IS terrJblo, " ,hat with the
boom of tho g1\IJS 3nd the p ill@" of tho bullct~, 1l 1~ o
t.he sl ceplC'6S mgbb, 311 g o to mako ft b It of a. \H l'oCX.
of b1l 0~6 ll.cr\'os. D urm"" 1l11~ In.st ftmT wbeks we
Imvo b een do mg II. lot e.of ma.rdl:lIn . . . !I.l\d drlllm ..
lind or~ now In r~rvo
Cli O .of i lu;; 5n' st br~"n d~
of IIIfantrr m I.!i,:: " ar\tl. sq
.$ce l wo h :lVO ~ ll'te
a t\:fluLat.lon ~ \\"pl'.01d Tho wlI0\ ~ lin\} ,,\>ou~ t,llis
paT't of tho " orM s r-ems 10 bo prc Uy quie ~
011 fi'hUl'stlny wc \Ve re rrWl o\,; cd by J..ord Ki tehene ,! ~nd LhRPrine" o f W p.1&1t.. , who "till loo~ a8
as cye.!j d c sp~to 1ds tw(mty·ono
S9 y evu·yOOdy \II E 'lgbnrJ is asklflg
ql1Ofillon us we n.sl. ()\I~\\(!s out bere. ..
you t:h \nk t he war "' !l-l l~ 6\·er";l" W1:.en I
nsltcd \ t·ll Rt Qll ~ tion . j ualry gl \' O~ the non-oom·
nut.t.nl Teply ..of Not. fd a 16n~ t.ime 'Yet," t h ough
wh en J say may i g b ~ soon 1 ,1m, sUre I am -ex·
e.X?~5Sm~ th o hoPc -of I:Ot on ly t h090 out. h ere but
mMly tOOltlt::I'IUs oj \01 /(\!S :l.od rootbC'1"5 1:1 dcar

GOPE. f(, 23, Alb e~ Road.
D 'YsON , a.rei> 12, Z lnOZ(l.n Slirect
!\"'ilCO).., John,~51, Ch~\ihr.m ~tree.t.
I
~A.~E, . WI LFlltED, 102, Pd~Cft Avenue. \
S}YEETZER, Alber t, 5', BIa1\: 's Qo lt,l ges. I!
SNOW, BeIlJanuIl ,
Kipg'
Can:rshaw.
STILES, J., SO, Sprlllg Gard s.
I

(I

'to lOll

'1

Rhad,

sa,

Itogi",'"

','~~~~H~~~~:;~~1}t£~;~~~~~~~1~~:~ I ~::\,~;~!.~!hr .\. ,

Il

18,Yl1lAu
ndRegiment.
Road .
3/4 th Batt.
' ee ks
. 45, RO
Lcloorobb
St.reet.
We.ldalc Slreel.

Other Regl,tlntt.

,

cl1·

A. E., The Cl~ , Br:1ck n
73, Blonheun GardeDs,

of

ow. EtI~hnd

•

~IFE ~N

GALLIPOU.

Hf)uSE<~ 'In thO: Steep
'
,I
'
J:!t lhe fo lilowing Ictt.eTS to pim; nlF. Read .nlt:

' Cave.llk o

' Cliff SIdf.'.

Will mnl ""\ Ht'.rp :!r, I\.n A!!OOci:1w of U ni'lor.slty Coll<'go. R(: ~ u mg, 81~d fo rmerl) R st'l geanL HI I h ~
Officers ' . rral.lI:lg Corps, d Cf;cnbu , t lcnch hfe lD
Gn.lhpoh. HC ~ \\ rl tM ,
I
W o long for Jotton-t lm} net as f.on lce " TO a re
stili 11\ thll lIa-me Io<:altt.v I\nU not m uch fnrther
from the fi g htIng 11 be. ·P Ict.ure,1l h ttlc bay or 00\'0
\\ ILb ste(.'P cliers, a. few short rough PI Ors run .out
and nlo n gl!ld o them Dmn(lrqus hght~l'S I\nd plO~
naCC6. '!'b e chITs a r e lIeneyoombed · wl.th du"'oul.s
in 0 00 of WlllCh 811 s yOur son.
<>
,
M 1 look q own I wonflc r lhnt 1\ sm llll f oroo of
mcn could h8.\·o f orced Il Jandi D'" hero under the
fil~ or mln;i.~. bulleb a.nd sh rapn;l, t ha t tHey could
pOMlbly·1la.\ 6 nll~hcd these flirt'S,1gamoo Ule rid"o
and he!d it. Yet fme h· 18 Ih~st.ory . Theile ve;y
el6 p C6 mu!\t have. nln. With bl&d, 86 lorn by bra.m~ra.tcllGd b y swne9 and Twen WIth l ead thcN;c.
brave, bold me n made I.hell! bolil and mad cha rge.
Thow who rO:lch ed t h ~ ~ld""B wllolo shook h anda
with th(,IUseh'C!l, ~ havc 1'I~ doubt.
F o r woe!!:!!
nft-el \\nrUSf t.be ba r WlUI lIubJect to Jhell fire, but
C\'c;Y day 11!"nkt'6 the po"ltlon morc saCUl \: .

tnlions
Gnardf); f
Cn.n::H.l ian c,,,,ff'l>a·el".t..,,
and 1\I;lrincs, [
m"m.401·s 1,)1

,

,r

The .Dug. Out , Oe Luxe.

.I

d\lg.out is lU5t a cuba taken oul .of \.lie
b ac.k bemg undercut to foml h ead

I

7,

TcJn~c PllI.cG. !

!

SluplRx-c Bot-tomt Pe ppard.
Roau.side Cottage, KingWood.

F,t 1, H\ll co~ Road..

J

I

' :-co".":'. 156,tlEJgrr Rond

G ,-5. M1\n~csl.et' Rond.
19, Goabrook /5t.rect..
I,'ack SaddJe, (l&'iersbam~J!
Kl1I g~ood t1olotage, H enla,..
Welhngton jStrect.., SWln~on.
E. , 2, NewtowD Gardens, Her ley. i
l

I ri;:0\'\.;;j'rri1t,:i~;~ii;j1d
,

l+ --r-i '
BV~l\LEBQRY. .·

f

,

I i~ 1
of soldi<'!ts and sa116r !l, of Buck:1ebury

.
liBt
a.nd
bL.,\.lo,n pariahet on aot.wet servloo bas been IiUPby & correspo:t.doot! It III u:"follows 1
Kcr (4l!ocooscd), R .A.M.C. , IndIa. 1
A!ston. Spot.&f Guards, Gel\eral, SlaD'.
Geoffrey F&ll'l066 Bate, 7th Royal
r

I

'

"it~~;w, H. mrlley R~en, 9th Royal B~ka
F, y )
' 1Ioy61 _

ti:

r~TBÂ¥.

AoaOU1IT BOOK

IllM'l1ll& 1lTll.,
lP;nat1at: W«b: 18.

,

f! ' '

I~

cr.c:lir.g Scpt.bN,ber' 14t.h -

51, l'rospcct ! Street, Ca\'crtlha.m.
9, Aubr:e.y 'l'orraee.
l
/Nollbflc ld I Cottagcs, Ca\'erah am

'.

K,lflLJ. llIO eON\!,
WB0LBSi"'''

..

•
1 CAVERSHiIIM.
fo\l6wing "tue n olTere~ t.homselves fo
fit Ull) Cl\versham ~ RecrU1ling Ofi'lee

~t.

hl!\

16;
, Blagrave S tJr~t, Ilteal<liDg,

l,gt,

'I
2nd Brigado, 1st
I
..
(
2nd Soutli , Midlo.nd

I

WAVERLEY
~

3,

28.for lid. ,
100 for 2/S '

Wbat tile NAn

,

wahJ...
•

j

<

\

"'Wl~ "

r

' .! '\ '
I

,CIGARETi'ES
,
1,0 tor 3d.
58 r~r_1/2 1

I'

I