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2/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment



   The 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment was raised at Reading on 6 November 1914 as a second line unit. They undertook training at Maidenhead, moving to Chelmsford in April 1915 and then to Salisbury Plain in March 1916. They proceeded to France with the 184th Brigade in 61st (2nd South Midland) Division, landing at Le Havre on the 27th of May 1916. The suffered heavy casualties at Fromelles in July 1916 and saw action on The Somme and Third Battle of Ypres in 1917, St Quentin, The Somme, the Battles of the Lys and in Picardy during 1918, ending the war near Cambrai.

6th Nov 1914 2/4th Berkshire Regiment raised.  The 2/4th Berkshire Regiment is formed at Reading.

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 May 1916 On the Move

26th May 1916 On the Move

27th May 1916 Move

28th May 1916 On the Move  location map

29th May 1916 In Billets  location map

30th May 1916 Training  location map

31st May 1916 Training  location map

1st Jun 1916 Training  location map

2nd Jun 1916 Training  location map

3rd Jun 1916 Training  location map

4th Jun 1916 Church Parade  location map

5th Jun 1916 Training  location map

6th Jun 1916 Route March  location map

7th Jun 1916 On the Range  location map

8th Jun 1916 Instruction

9th Jun 1916 In the Trenches

10th Jun 1916 In the Trenches  location map

11th Jun 1916 Patrol  location map

12th Jun 1916 Patrol  location map

13th Jun 1916 Shelling  location map

14th Jun 1916 Shelling  location map

15th Jun 1916 Relief Complete  location map

16th Jun 1916 Working Parties

17th Jun 1916 Working Parties

18th Jun 1916 Working Parties

19th Jun 1916 Working Parties

20th Jun 1916 Attack Expected

21st Jun 1916 Reliefs

22nd Jun 1916 Shelling

23rd Jun 1916 Shelling

24th Jun 1916 Shelling

25th Jun 1916 Patrol

26th Jun 1916 Quiet

27th Jun 1916 Patrols

28th Jun 1916 Shelling

29th Jun 1916 Shelling

30th Jun 1916 Aircraft Active

1st Jul 1916 Working Parties

2nd Jul 1916 Working Parties

3rd Jul 1916 Reliefs  location map

4th Jul 1916 Heavy Rain  location map

5th Jul 1916 Route March  location map

6th Jul 1916 On the March  location map

7th Jul 1916 In the Trenches  location map

8th Jul 1916 Patrols  location map

9th Jul 1916 Patrol  location map

10th Jul 1916 Relief  location map

11th Jul 1916 Shelling  location map

12th Jul 1916 Reliefs Completed  location map

13th Jul 1916 Trench Raid  location map

14th Jul 1916 On the Move

15th Jul 1916 Into the Trenches  location map

16th Jul 1916 Preparations  location map

17th Jul 1916 Misty  location map

18th Jul 1916 Relief  location map

19th Jul 1916 Attack Made  location map

20th Jul 1916 In Billets  location map

21st Jul 1916 In Billets  location map

22nd Jul 1916 Inspection and Baths  location map

23rd Jul 1916 On the March  location map

24th Jul 1916 On the March  location map

25th Jul 1916 Training  location map

26th Jul 1916 Training  location map

27th Jul 1916 Reliefs  location map

28th Jul 1916 Quiet  location map

29th Jul 1916 Quiet  location map

30th Jul 1916 Working Party  location map

31st Jul 1916 Light Shelling  location map

1st Aug 1916 Reliefs  location map

2nd Aug 1916 Inspection

3rd Aug 1916 Bathing

4th Aug 1916 Training

5th Aug 1916 On the March  location map

6th Aug 1916 Reinforcements  location map

7th Aug 1916 On the March

8th Aug 1916 Training

9th Aug 1916 On the March

10th Aug 1916 Training

11th Aug 1916 Fatigues

12th Aug 1916 Quiet

13th Aug 1916 Quiet

14th Aug 1916 Quiet

15th Aug 1916 Reliefs

16th Aug 1916 In the Trenches

17th Aug 1916 Storm

18th Aug 1916 Bombardment

19th Aug 1916 Trench Raids

20th Aug 1916 Bombardment

21st Aug 1916 Reliefs Completed

23rd Aug 1916 Aircraft Active

24th Aug 1916 Accident

27th Aug 1916 Reliefs

28th Aug 1916 Heavy Shelling

29th Aug 1916 Reinforcements

30th Aug 1916 Storm

31st Aug 1916 Under Shellfire

1st Sep 1916 Reinforcements

2nd Sep 1916 In the Trenches

3rd Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed

4th Sep 1916 Inspection

5th Sep 1916 Training

7th Sep 1916 On the March  location map

8th Sep 1916 On the Range  location map

9th Sep 1916 On the March

10th Sep 1916 Wounded

11th Sep 1916 On the March  location map

14th Sep 1916 Reinforcements  location map

18th Sep 1916 At Rest  location map

19th Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed

22nd Sep 1916 Quiet

24th Sep 1916 Reinforcements

25th Sep 1916 Enemy Mine

26th Sep 1916 Trench Raid  location map

27th Sep 1916 Reliefs  location map

28th Sep 1916 Training  location map

30th Sep 1916 Training  location map

1st Oct 1916 Training  location map

3rd Oct 1916 Relief

4th Oct 1916 In the Front Line

7th Oct 1916 Patrol

8th Oct 1916 Casualties

9th Oct 1916 Relief  location map

10th Oct 1916 Training

11th Oct 1916 Training

13th Oct 1916 Training

14th Oct 1916 Training

15th Oct 1916 Reliefs  location map

16th Oct 1916 In the Trenches  location map

17th Oct 1916 In the Trenches

18th Oct 1916 In the Trenches

19th Oct 1916 In the Trenches

20th Oct 1916 In the Trenches

21st Oct 1916 Reliefs  location map

22nd Oct 1916 Inspection  location map

23rd Oct 1916 Reinforcements  location map

24th Oct 1916 Inspection  location map

27th Oct 1916 Change of Billets  location map

29th Oct 1916 Reinforcements

2nd Nov 1916 On the March

3rd Nov 1916 On the March

4th Nov 1916 On the March

5th Nov 1916 On the March

6th Nov 1916 On the March

7th Nov 1916 Training

8th Nov 1916 Training

9th Nov 1916 Training

10th Nov 1916 Training

12th Nov 1916 Training

13th Nov 1916 Training

15th Nov 1916 Training

16th Nov 1916 On the March

17th Nov 1916 On the March

18th Nov 1916 Inspection

19th Nov 1916 On the March

20th Nov 1916 Training

21st Nov 1916 Reliefs  location map

22nd Nov 1916 Artillery Active  location map

23rd Nov 1916 Artillery Active  location map

24th Nov 1916 Artillery Active  location map

26th Nov 1916 Reliefs  location map

27th Nov 1916 On the March  location map

28th Nov 1916 Working Parties  location map

1st Dec 1916 On the March

4th Dec 1916 Training

6th Dec 1916 Training

7th Dec 1916 Training

9th Dec 1916 Church Parade

10th Dec 1916 Training

11th Dec 1916 Training

12th Dec 1916 On the March

13th Dec 1916 In Camp

14th Dec 1916 Working Parties

15th Dec 1916 Working Parties

17th Dec 1916 Church Parade

18th Dec 1916 Working Parties

19th Dec 1916 Trench Recce

20th Dec 1916 Reliefs  location map

21st Dec 1916 In the Trenches  location map

22nd Dec 1916 Patrols  location map

23rd Dec 1916 Patrol  location map

24th Dec 1916 Reliefs  location map

25th Dec 1916 Working Parties

27th Dec 1916 On the March

28th Dec 1916 Working Parties

30th Dec 1916 Working Parties

31st Dec 1916 Church Parade

1st Jan 1917 Training

2nd Jan 1917 Training

3rd Jan 1917 Training

4th Jan 1917 Training

5th Jan 1917 Training

7th Jan 1917 On the March

8th Jan 1917 Working Parties

9th Jan 1917 Working Parties

10th Jan 1917 Working Parties

11th Jan 1917 Working Parties

13th Jan 1917 Working Parties

15th Jan 1917 On the March

16th Jan 1917 Inspections

17th Jan 1917 On the March

18th Jan 1917 On the March

18th Jan 1917 On the March

21st Jan 1917 Church Parade

22nd Jan 1917 Inspections

23rd Jan 1917 Training

2nd Feb 1917 Training

4th Feb 1917 On the March

6th Feb 1917 Training

10th Feb 1917 Training

11th Feb 1917 Church Parade

12th Feb 1917 Training

13th Feb 1917 On the March

14th Feb 1917 Cleaning up

15th Feb 1917 On the March

16th Feb 1917 Reliefs

17th Feb 1917 In the Trenches

18th Feb 1917 Reliefs

20th Feb 1917 Artillery Active

21st Feb 1917 Gas

22nd Feb 1917 Artillery Active

23rd Feb 1917 Reliefs

24th Feb 1917 Into Billets

25th Feb 1917 In Billets

26th Feb 1917 Training

28th Feb 1917 Training

1st Mar 1917 Training

2nd Mar 1917 Reliefs

3rd Mar 1917 Reliefs Completed

4th Mar 1917 Trench Work

5th Mar 1917 Trench Work

6th Mar 1917 Trench Work

7th Mar 1917 Trench Work

8th Mar 1917 Trench Work

9th Mar 1917 Reliefs

10th Mar 1917 In Support

11th Mar 1917 In Support

12th Mar 1917 In Support

13th Mar 1917 In Support

14th Mar 1917 In Support

15th Mar 1917 Reliefs

16th Mar 1917 Training

17th Mar 1917 Sudden Orders

19th Mar 1917 Destruction  location map

20th Mar 1917 Roads

21st Mar 1917 Work Continues

22nd Mar 1917 Tactical Points

23rd Mar 1917 Tactical Points

24th Mar 1917 Work Continues

25th Mar 1917 On the March

26th Mar 1917 Outposts

27th Mar 1917 River Bridged

28th Mar 1917 New Names

29th Mar 1917 Working Hard

30th Mar 1917 On the March

31st Mar 1917 Advance

1st Apr 1917 Defensive Positions

2nd Apr 1917 In Action

3rd Apr 1917 Splendid Work

4th Apr 1917 Roads and Bridges

5th Apr 1917 Roads and Bridges

6th Apr 1917 Operations

7th Apr 1917 Attack Made

8th Apr 1917 Attack Made  location map

9th Apr 1917 Patrols  location map

10th Apr 1917 Relief  location map

11th Apr 1917 Inspections

12th Apr 1917 Training

13th Apr 1917 Reorganisation

14th Apr 1917 Training

15th Apr 1917 Training

16th Apr 1917 Bravery Recognised

17th Apr 1917 Training

18th Apr 1917 Reliefs

19th Apr 1917 Reliefs

20th Apr 1917 In Reserve

21st Apr 1917 Training

22nd Apr 1917 Training

23rd Apr 1917 Reliefs

24th Apr 1917 Trench Work

25th Apr 1917 Trench Work

26th Apr 1917 Trench Work

27th Apr 1917 Trench Work

28th Apr 1917 Defensive Positions

30th Apr 1917 Reliefs

1st May 1917 Operations

2nd May 1917 Reliefs

3rd May 1917 In Billets

4th May 1917 At Rest

5th May 1917 Working Parties

6th May 1917 Boxing

7th May 1917 Training

8th May 1917 Training

9th May 1917 Training

10th May 1917 Training

11th May 1917 Practice Scheme

12th May 1917 Defence Work

13th May 1917 On the March

14th May 1917 Inspection

15th May 1917 On the Move

16th May 1917 Training

17th May 1917 On the March

18th May 1917 Training

19th May 1917 Training

20th May 1917 Training

21st May 1917 On the March

22nd May 1917 Gas Test

23rd May 1917 On the March

24th May 1917 On the March

25th May 1917 Cleaning up

26th May 1917 Training

27th May 1917 Training

28th May 1917 Training

29th May 1917 Training

30th May 1917 Training

31st May 1917 On the March

1st Jun 1917 Relief

2nd Jun 1917 Trench Work

3rd Jun 1917 Trench Work

4th Jun 1917 Artillery Active

5th Jun 1917 Entanglements

6th Jun 1917 Reliefs

7th Jun 1917 Working Parties and Training

8th Jun 1917 Working Parties and Training

9th Jun 1917 Reliefs

10th Jun 1917 Reliefs

11th Jun 1917 On the March

12th Jun 1917 Training

13th Jun 1917 Inspections

14th Jun 1917 Training

15th Jun 1917 Training

16th Jun 1917 Training

17th Jun 1917 Church Parade & Sports

18th Jun 1917 Training

19th Jun 1917 Training

20th Jun 1917 Training

21st Jun 1917 Training & Sports

22nd Jun 1917 Training

23rd Jun 1917 On the March  location map

24th Jun 1917 Resting

25th Jun 1917 Training

26th Jun 1917 Training

27th Jun 1917 On the March

28th Jun 1917 Training

29th Jun 1917 Attack Made

30th Jun 1917 Patrols

1st Jul 1917 Training & Baths

2nd Jul 1917 Training

3rd Jul 1917 Training

4th Jul 1917 Horse Show

5th Jul 1917 Training

6th Jul 1917 Training & Sports

7th Jul 1917 Training & Sports

8th Jul 1917 Church Parade

9th Jul 1917 Training

10th Jul 1917 Training

11th Jul 1917 Training

12th Jul 1917 Training

13th Jul 1917 Training

14th Jul 1917 Training

15th Jul 1917 Church Parade

16th Jul 1917 Route March

17th Jul 1917 Divisional Competition

18th Jul 1917 Training & Sports

19th Jul 1917 Training & Service

20th Jul 1917 Training

21st Jul 1917 Training

22nd Jul 1917 Church Parades

23rd Jul 1917 Training

24th Jul 1917 Competition

25th Jul 1917 Economy

26th Jul 1917 On the March

27th Jul 1917 At Rest

28th Jul 1917 Training

29th Jul 1917 Church Parade

30th Jul 1917 Training

31st Jul 1917 Training

1st Aug 1917 Training

2nd Aug 1917 Training

3rd Aug 1917 Training

4th Aug 1917 Training

5th Aug 1917 Church Parade & Training

6th Aug 1917 Training

7th Aug 1917 Training

8th Aug 1917 Training

9th Aug 1917 Route March

10th Aug 1917 On the March

11th Aug 1917 On the March

12th Aug 1917 Church Parade

13th Aug 1917 Training

14th Aug 1917 Route March

15th Aug 1917 On the Move

16th Aug 1917 At Rest

17th Aug 1917 At Rest

18th Aug 1917 On the March

19th Aug 1917 In Camp

20th Aug 1917 Reliefs

21st Aug 1917 Assembly

22nd Aug 1917 Attack Made  location map

23rd Aug 1917 Reliefs  location map

24th Aug 1917 At Rest

25th Aug 1917 On the March

26th Aug 1917 Church Parade & Baths

27th Aug 1917 Reorganisation

28th Aug 1917 Cup Contest

29th Aug 1917 Training

30th Aug 1917 Training

31st Aug 1917 In Support

1st Sep 1917 Training

2nd Sep 1917 Working Parties

3rd Sep 1917 Working Parties

4th Sep 1917 Training  location map

5th Sep 1917 Working Party & Training  location map

6th Sep 1917 Working Party & Training  location map

7th Sep 1917 Working Party & Training

8th Sep 1917 Bravery Recognised

9th Sep 1917 Church Parade

10th Sep 1917 Reliefs

18th Mar 1918 Raid

18th Mar 1918 Reliefs Complete

19th Mar 1918 Reliefs Completed  location map

20th Mar 1918 Recce

21st Mar 1918 In Defence

24th Mar 1918 Holding the Line

25th Mar 1918 Enemy Attacks

28th Mar 1918 Move

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Want to know more about 2/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment?


There are:5661 items tagged 2/4th 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

2/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Baker Bert George. Pte (d.18th April 1918)
  • Boiling William. Sgt. (d.19th April 1918)
  • Bosley Herbert John. Pte. (d.3rd April 1918)
  • Bray Henry John. Pte. (d.3rd April 1918)
  • Brown William Alaxander. Pte. (d.22nd Aug 1917)
  • Calton Charles Henry. Pte (d.21st October 1916)
  • Dimmer VC, MC John Henry Stephen. Lt.Col. (d.21st March 1918)
  • Earlam Edwin. Pte. (d.22nd Aug 1917)
  • Earlam Edwin. Pte. (d.22nd August 1917)
  • Fountain Harold Ernest. Cpl. (d.19th July 1916)
  • Gibbons Leonard. Pte. (d.20th July 1916)
  • Green William George. Pte. (d.19th Aug 1917)
  • Hooper William Edward Walker. Pte (d.19th July 1916)
  • Lillington Claude Clement Phinehas. Pte. (d.31st Jul 1917)
  • Mitchell Charles. Pte. (d.27th November 1916)
  • Oliver Wilfred. L/Cpl.
  • Oliver Wilfred. L/Cpl.
  • Pallister Walter. Pte. (d.29th Apr 1918)
  • Shaw William Arnold. Pte.
  • Whiteway Edward. Pte. (d.22nd Aug 1917)

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  Lt.Col. John Henry Stephen Dimmer VC, MC att. 2nd/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.21st March 1918)

John Dimmer was killed in action on 21st March 1918 aged 35 and is buried in the Vadencourt British Cemetery in France. he was the husband of Dora Garvagh (formerly Dimmer), of Ashby Hall, Lincoln.

An extract from The London Gazette dated 19th Nov., 1914. records the following:- "This Officer served his machine gun during the attack on the 12th November at Klein Zillebeke until he had been shot five times - three times by shrapnel and twice by bullets, and continued at his post until his gun was destroyed."

s flynn






  L/Cpl. Wilfred Oliver 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment

Wilfred Oliver: note the black button worn after his brother was killed in action.

Wilfred Oliver was born in 1899 and enlisted on 9th September 1916. He transferred to the Reserve on 6th March 1919. He was a Lewis Gunner and served in both Belgium and France. Wilfred was awarded one blue chevron and one wound stripe. His brother George William Oliver, born 1893, was killed on 1st July 1916 in the Battle of the Somme, after which Wilfred wore a black button on his uniform.

Alec Oliver






  Pte. Walter Pallister 2nd/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.29th Apr 1918)

Walter Pallister is my great great grandad on my mum's side of the family.
Lucy-Jayne Brown






  Pte. William George Green 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.19th Aug 1917)

In Memory of William Green of the 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment who died on the 19th Aug 1917, age 39. He was the son of Fanny Barnet of Windsor, husband of Annie Green of Kintore, Princes Street, Slough. Remembered with Honour at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Maurice Evans






  Pte. Leonard Gibbons 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.20th July 1916)

Leonard Gibbons died of wounds received at Fromelles.

Sean Keep






  Sgt. William Boiling 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.19th April 1918)

William Boiling was born in Thame, Oxfordshire in 1889. After a very brief stint with the Royal Navy in 1907, he enlisted with the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and served with the 2nd Battalion in India. When they were recalled to England at the start of the Great War, he embarked with them to France, before being posted to the 2/4th Battalion. This was a second line territorial unit, needing men with experience to help with their preparation for war. They want to France in May 1916. In April 1918 William Boiling died of wounds received when the battalion were on the front line near Robecq in northern France. He is buried in Aire Communal Cemetery.

Allan Hickman






  Pte. Edwin Earlam 2/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.22nd August 1917)

Edwin Earlam enlisted at the commencement of the war and was initially attached to the Cheshire Regiment. At some point he was transferred into the Royal Berkshire Regiment. On 22nd August 1917 he was killed at the battle of Passchendaele and is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery. He left a widow, Ann, and a son, also named Edwin. His brother John Henry Earlam was also killed on 18th April 1918 in France.

Kevan Cooper






  Pte. Edwin Earlam 2nd/4th Btn. E Coy. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.22nd Aug 1917)

Edwin Earlam is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery.







  Cpl. Harold Ernest "Joe" Fountain 2/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.19th July 1916)

Joe Fountain was killed by enemy shelling at Fromelles, France.

David Fountain






  L/Cpl. Wilfred Oliver 2/4th Btn. Berkshire Regiment

My father, Wilfred Oliver, enlisted on 9th September 1916 after his brother, George William Oliver (24322) 8th Btn. York and Lancs was reported missing presumed killed on 1st July 1916. George is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and local Mexborough memorials.

Wilfred was demobbed from the 2/4th Berkshires in 1919, then after a few weeks was admitted to hospital suffering from being unable to sleep or even wanting to eat. He had been wounded and buried during one battle in the war, he was dug out by his comrades. He had one wound stripe. He had a spell of convalescence in some huts on the east coast, south of Whitby. I am his fifth child, and if we asked about how we won the war he always told us a joke e.g. we had a peeing contest to see who could pee furthest, we reached the German trenches, they said we can't stand this and ran. Later, when he was retired, he did relate some stories which tallied with things written in the 2/4th diaries which I have read recently.

My father and mother were good parents to the six of us and we all loved them dearly.

<p>George W Oliver

<p>Wilfred Oliver - demob

<p>G W Oliver Death Penny

A Oliver






  Pte. William Alaxander Brown 2/4th Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.22nd Aug 1917)

William Alaxander Brown, born 1894 at 37 Francis Street Reading Berkshire, was the son of William Brown. He joined up at Reading on 6 November 1914 when the battalion was formed as a second line unit, and they moved to Maidenhead. In February 1915 they were attached to 2nd South Midland Brigade. He died on 22nd of Aug 1917 age 23 in France or Flanders. A photo of William Brown was lost in 1980s, it was last seen at his home 54 York Road, Reading. I would like to find out more any photos please. We still have his Medals.

Peter Neal






  Pte Bert George Baker 2nd/4th Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.18th April 1918)

Bert Baker is interred in the St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery at Robecq.

Robert Garland






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