Reading Standard Etc 09-1917

FO~TER

Collegiate School, and at t,ho WI!l ey 11 baratoricS
of the Royal HorhAul~lIra l SocIety In 1918 be waa
appplDte~ asmt Ill!. ,hOit cu~1u~ar l;Js~ructor under
tbef Kent Educ:l.lIon Comrnlttee. WllH:h tIoppomtI ment he beld l untJI {he enlisted "Carly in September,
lOa ill tllo Lor,adon Regt He went to t.he front
In MnrCll 1915 bl,,(:l;"[]e a bragade SDII)er, and ":15
lSeverely !v.oulldeil at the ba~~le of Loos, 1915 H e
obtained Ius commrulon
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GREETH AM. Pte reonnrd, JIants Rest
Cottngo. Hurst A~d Z1
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yoviS'i><~nq you get the~,be'st,'V'81j.1e.

GRIMES

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It Jas occurred to
been • invalJde~ out'
very Utae is known inu . "~~" ~:'u '"
isution nnd ..l\orkn g
b",
on

the~JOC~.'::'~"~I:o~n~;%o~f:l~~~~:~~,n~;

held in

street

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for~~sttJ~~i

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Stanley R

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Grime. 13,

the

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~reaved parents from

by HIe

tbe best value" the
retlablle -goods at the lo\\'~st
prices. We

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He Wag the second son ~f
late-ft1r Charles
II'oster (Reading Umverl!lty UOllege), well known
to horticulturists He "'as educa.ted At Rea:dlllg

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deceared :st~
that he WR3 killed
i~;t~;;i;n~,,;s. I Y b) 0. shell jl"mlc engaged In SIS
dllt e ~ Dcccl\!ed, ~ ho ~ a.'l 27 years 01
agel Y':l5 thIt cll.ted at tbe Collegiate ~chool Read
mg ~e jometL lip In IApdl, 1016 l\:1d went Into
tramlng fit llllmdtorti wher8 he pusted hiS I!lgtl:l)
hngl oxammntlQn with firstcla!lS; honours IHe went
to J!'raJ!!;a Ill.. the fo11o\ Ing ! Jul)' ,\ud loluntaflly
ncted as n stretcher benrett dUring the whole of
the w nto- Ilia v;us Inval~ded home in MIlY last
and retunlCtJ. to the tronp in June UIII b-other
800 Llcut J A Grimes lS i
in I Frar;cc~
M .\R'PIN, Corp] A R., ";'V"I""
1{4th D:ltt. R.o11l1 Derka
Batt prior to the outb".a:_!
ceeded to Fnance wIth the b~lt~~~'~ll:~C
a~rwardS tranflferrnl S' to ,t
H was shot -through tbe
a attack ~on Aug lCth ..
Hi. Commanding Omcer w,It .. ,-C
1 had only kno'o\ n him
had seen ollough of 111m
was cool and splendid in
log an lattack doing his

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His Se~tlO!l OfHcer wrlte.lll

He }Vfs le:lc{lng hls gun
the atta.ck when
It happimed, .and his lo!s
only mourned by
you but by the whole Co'ml""~' SIr.ee he came to
my 8cctlon I hMO
tile greatest eon
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most
.l!a,in~i · 'O StoeRing., Gloves,
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Costumes, F UTS,

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Mcnee In him and his .1"c~'o'it"ln,...
the m~t try
ing a.nd uncomfortable .. '
,coulii rely
on him Oil every occa.slon
cheerfu l wilHng
ana vigilant, With a
wotd
for everyone arounCi
all
hla place will be

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I tol"mspect
pay you

the

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of
body; 01 women,
together with reserve tunds, so
help of soldIers or': janora wotinded
war and to help the victims
(Dr Duch~uasoy. maugural

Cees were

c~ated

Ing a certain

in all

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as

into the .society and at the
meetings were held in order to 8ew
tor use aheeta,- tilankebe.~ -1Iannel ,
chieh dreS&1ngs, bandages. etc, in
nocess:lry to set up, a bospltal at th,,· ,I,n,i·...,

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V\.n.L GIVE YOU

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bUT~AY.

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MAY-S:a.
"mACKAY,

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Gla Street.

few
lwhen

bub Ue
m:ln to pun
was freqyently a
loser wa.. SCUPUIOU811
neld of apor+ and the
rob~ed of
of
figurcs
The 'fell vpQrn b~~~~~:i.~~~n
phraac ... An bfflccr anil
more eJiPlicable

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HOWAR'rH
Siomillle,
Guards, Chaver
D,acl',ne:lI;
Street, Reading,
left ~. ..:: " ,. ~ _ .. _
POVEY, Pte A, The
O",,.h,r,
or
Common
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headMortimer
He. la now
in a. Liver', ,,,! ,1
III making' good recovtllf

ROT.AI, B1!:'llKS i/1I'(}1'IlIl.N f',
BROOKE Se. CLIeut 0 A I
KlLLPORD, Sergt H, Machine Gun Section, 127,

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PRISONER OF WAit. I
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noy A.I, BlifflK8 REf1H[lifN'l' "
W:\TERS Sorgt ¥ } tat Batt JRoyal Berks R~gt.

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has been a pri!Qner of war ID GcrmeRY since Sept
28th Hn ~ He liS a brother of Mrs A fE Slatter
la, Belmont Road Ri 8dlPg [
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THE LAST POSl:.

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" written home by, lin offlce)following
letter,
in France, Just befOl''F, gomg' into acUbn, WA, to-cclved by the ptlrents atter the newa that the

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so many. people
how the
'!:elloua dudng this war how
world 8l1Sumed. It the world
en~ which I ean hardly believe
the judgmont 1of the world

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whichasleep,
have or
cl:clted
nor
lI;ept !n the
war The1 ara F~encb qualltlea,

laatlng'

wrJt.cr- was afnong t~e kllledMy Darll~g Mat1r and Dad -To morro v at
dawn there a a hell pf a show commg oft' and this
f ",m only r~h you It I gct k.nocked out! Ma.ter,
J~ brave-for God a sake be 1\5 brave a8 I know
you can berfor Its holl to bear
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Anr.how y'QU'n be proud l toO, \\on"t 10U? 'C08
Its the be~ death " chap can hAve
Do not think w~th pam of the tblngs ] loved
the favourite son s, the friends, the jennis the
plcnica 01.1 tbe Do nil, but let their memory make
you cnJoy them the more t
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Nothing to say and thls .. is a horrid lettcr to
write So good byc, motlir' j nnd dad, and-and-

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cheer up everyone
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BERKSHIRES

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TRENCHES.

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We Jearn that a. Battalion of
Dorko were re
cently I!I t9tJOn and only sutrere~ a very hmited
number o !casu(Llties They -&dv~ced 80 quickly
th.lt the German b:lrrnge lelJ ,I l;lehIIl~ them and tbey
took trenehe8 aQd stuck tO them night and day
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BLACKWELL, AS C. M T ,

153, Oxford r;toad, Re.'ling, formerly
chauffeur to: Major p. $ Abram Awarded MIlitary ",,,dat.

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