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4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment    4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment was a unit of the Territorial Force with its HQ at St Mary's Butts, Reading, part of the South Midland Infantry Brigade, South Midland Division. 15th Feb 1916 Sport 30th Mar 1915 On the Move 31st Mar 1915 On the Move 1st Apr 1915 On the Move 2nd Apr 1915 Inspection 4th Apr 1915 On the March 7th Apr 1915 On the March 8th Apr 1915 Instruction 9th Apr 1915 Instruction 10th Apr 1915 Instruction 11th Apr 1915 Instruction 12th Apr 1915 On the March 15th Apr 1915 Reliefs 15th Apr 1915 Reliefs   16th Apr 1915 In the Trenches   17th Apr 1915 Reliefs   18th Apr 1915 Orders   18th Apr 1915 In Billets   19th Apr 1915 Orders   19th Apr 1915 Reliefs   20th Apr 1915 Holding the Line   21st Apr 1915 Holding the Line   22nd Apr 1915 Holding the Line   23rd Apr 1915 Reliefs   23rd Apr 1915 Reliefs   24th Apr 1915 In Billets   25th Apr 1915 In Billets   26th Apr 1915 In Billets   27th Apr 1915 Reliefs   27th Apr 1915 Reliefs   28th Apr 1915 In the Trenches   29th Apr 1915 In the Trenches   30th Apr 1915 In the Trenches   1st May 1915 In the Trenches   2nd May 1915 In the Trenches   5th May 1915 In the Trenches   7th May 1915 New CO   9th May 1915 Artillery in Acton   10th May 1915 In the Trenches   16th May 1915 Chip potatoes for dinner 20th May 1915 In the Trenches   24th May 1915 In the Trenches   25th May 1915 Making trenches Safer. 26th May 1915 In the Trenches   29th May 1915 In the Trenches   31st May 1915 Route March   2nd Jun 1915 In the Trenches   4th Jun 1915 In the Trenches   7th Jun 1915 Reliefs   8th Jun 1915 In Reserve 9th Jun 1915 In Reserve 10th Jun 1915 In Reserve 11th Jun 1915 Reliefs   12th Jun 1915 In Reserve   13th Jun 1915 In Reserve   14th Jun 1915 In Reserve   15th Jun 1915 Reliefs   16th Jun 1915 Holding the Line   17th Jun 1915 Holding the Line   18th Jun 1915 Holding the Line   19th Jun 1915 Reliefs   20th Jun 1915 In Reserve   21st Jun 1915 In Reserve   22nd Jun 1915 In Reserve   23rd Jun 1915 In Reserve   24th Jun 1915 Reliefs   27th Jun 1915 On the March 28th Jun 1915 In Billets 29th Jun 1915 In Billets 30th Jun 1915 In Billets 1st Jul 1915 Training 2nd Jul 1915 Training 3rd Jul 1915 Training 4th Jul 1915 Church Parade 5th Jul 1915 Route March 6th Jul 1915 Training 7th Jul 1915 Training 8th Jul 1915 Inspection 9th Jul 1915 Recce 10th Jul 1915 Sports 11th Jul 1915 Sports 12th Jul 1915 On the March 13th Jul 1915 In Bivouac 14th Jul 1915 Working Parties   15th Jul 1915 Working Party   16th Jul 1915 Dugouts 17th Jul 1915 In Billets 18th Jul 1915 On the Move 19th Jul 1915 On the March 20th Jul 1915 On the March 21st Jul 1915 In Billets 22nd Jul 1915 Reliefs   23rd Jul 1915 In Billets 24th Jul 1915 Reliefs 25th Jul 1915 Retaliation 26th Jul 1915 Holding the Line 27th Jul 1915 Orders   28th Jul 1915 Shelling   29th Jul 1915 Enemy Aircraft 30th Jul 1915 In Billets 31st Jul 1915 In Billets 1st Aug 1915 Church Parade 2nd Aug 1915 Thunder Storms 3rd Aug 1915 Route March 4th Aug 1915 Route March 5th Aug 1915 Reliefs 6th Aug 1915 Wet Weather   7th Aug 1915 Trench Work   8th Aug 1915 Trench Work   9th Aug 1915 Thunder Storm   10th Aug 1915 Dugouts   11th Aug 1915 Artillery in Action   12th Aug 1915 Comforts and War Correspondants   13th Aug 1915 Reliefs   14th Aug 1915 Working Parties 15th Aug 1915 Working Parties 16th Aug 1915 Working Parties 17th Aug 1915 Working Parties 18th Aug 1915 Heavy Rain 19th Aug 1915 Working Parties 20th Aug 1915 Training 21st Aug 1915 Reliefs 22nd Aug 1915 Patrol 23rd Aug 1915 Patrol 24th Aug 1915 Shelling 25th Aug 1915 Patrol 26th Aug 1915 Reorganisation 27th Aug 1915 Instruction 27th Aug 1915 Hot Day 28th Aug 1915 Instruction 28th Aug 1915 Some Shelling 29th Aug 1915 Instruction 29th Aug 1915 Snipers Active 30th Aug 1915 Shelling 30th Aug 1915 Artillery Active 31st Aug 1915 Artillery Active 1st Sep 1915 Patrol 2nd Sep 1915 Reliefs 3rd Sep 1915 Snipers Active 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups 25th Mar 1916 Bombed by Aeroplane   15th May 1916 Under Attack   16th May 1916 Reliefs   28th of August 1916  Another Relief 1st Sep 1916 Patrol 2nd Sep 1916 Reliefs 3rd Sep 1916 Recce 4th Sep 1916 Instruction 5th Sep 1916 Reliefs 6th Sep 1916 At Rest 13th Sep 1916 Sentence carried out   11th Jan 1916 Football Tournament 19th Nov 1916 Reliefs Completed If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment? There are:5387 items tagged 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Barnett Albert Alfred. Pte. (d.27th Aug 1916) Depper Charles. Pte. (d.13th Sep 1916) Josey Benjamen. Pte. (d.26th Oct 1918) Short Frederick. Pte. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Albert Alfred Barnett 1/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.27th Aug 1916) I don't know much about Albert, I found him while researching my genealogy. He was my 4th cousin, twice removed. Albert Alfred Barnett was born in 1894 in Reading, Berkshire to Edward John Barnett of Laverstoke, Hampshire and Sarah Jane Charlton of Barton Stacey, Hampshire. He was the second of three sons born to the couple. Before enlisting in the Army, Albert was training as a carpenter in the building trade, following his father's vocation. He lived with his parents at 38 Grove Road in Windsor at the time of enlisting. Albert was just 21 years old when he was killed in action in France. In the transcripts it indicates that death was presumed and that his personal effects were sent to his father. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France Vivian Ogino Add to this record.   Pte. Benjamen Josey 4th Btn. Royal Berkshire (d.26th Oct 1918) My great uncle on my mother's side of the family was Benjamen Josey, born in 1896, home address Coley, Reading. The 1911 census shows him as a 15 year old tin maker maybe at the biscuit factory in Reading. He was a private in the Princess Charlotte of Wales Royal Berkshire Regiment service no 200293. He was wounded in the head at the Somme and died of his wounds in a war hospital in Reading in 1918 - I believe this to be so as his name is listed on the screen wall at the old Reading Cemetery Wokingham Road, Reading. I found this by chance from a visit there. I have no other information at all, but a photo exists in the family which I am trying to locate. Jeffrey Dixon Add to this record.   Pte. Charles Depper 1/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.13th Sep 1916) Pte.Charles Depper served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion.He was executed for desertion on 13th September 1916 aged 30 and is buried in the Beauval Communal Cemetery in Beauval, France, Row G. 1 He had been sent to France as a reinforcement to the Battalion. Early in August 1916 he deserted his comrades prior to an attack on the Somme. The battalion had moved forward to line east of Ovillers on 13th August . Attack on Skyline Trench driven back on 14th August . Bombing attack north of Ovillers 18th/19th August with objective held. Leaving his rifle and equipment in the reserve trenches at Ovillers on the 13th, Pte. Depper made his way to Amiens, only to be arrested the same day. He told the Military Police that he was on his way to Rouen to catch the boat for England as he was tired of serving in the trenches. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Frederick Short 1st/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment My grandfather Fred always referred to himself as "Short by name, short by nature" - he was you will deduce not tall! I recall as a child asking my mother why my grandfather always cried on remembrance day. She said it was because he was remembering all his friends he had lost. Particularly so on one day when his squad was assembled at the top of the trench ready to launch an attack when a shell exploded right on the edge of the trench. All his mates were killed and he was the only one to survive, although injured (he had a dent in his cheek which I understood was from the shrapnel), he was thankful for his small stature from that day on. Pre war he worked in Huntley & Palmers biscuit factory in Reading and he returned there after the war, working there until he retired. Mike Henwood Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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