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7th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
The 7th Battalion, Berkshire Regiment was raised at Reading in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army and placed joined 78th Brigade, 26th Division. Training was much improvised as equipment and Khaki uniforms were not available until early spring 1915. They trained at Codford St Mary spending the winter in billets in Reading. They moved to Fovant in May 1915 and to Longbridge Deverell in July for final training. They proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre on the 20th of September 1915 and the division concentrated at Guignemicourt to the west of Amiens. In November 1915 26th Division moved to Salonika via Marseilles. On the 26th of December they moved from Lembet to Happy Valley Camp. In 1916 hey were in action in the Battle of Horseshoe Hill in 1917 the fought in the First and Second Battles of Doiran. In mid 1918 some units of the Division moved back to France and the remainer were in action in the Third Battle of Doiran and the Pursuit to the Strumica Valley. Advance units crossed the Serbian-Bulgarian boarder on the 25th of September but the Armitice with Bulgaria came just two days later. The Division advanced towards Adrianople in Turkey, but fighting was soon at an end and 26th Division became part of the Army of the Danube and later the Occupation of Bulgaria. Demobilisation began in February 1919, with Italian troops arriving to replace British units.
7th Bat, Berkshire Regiment raised 7th Battalion Berkshire Regiment was raised in Reading in September 1914 as part of Kitchen's Third New Army. They joined 78th Brigade, 26th Division and trained at Codford St Mary.
28th Apr 1915 On the Move
7th Berkshires at Fovant 7th Btn, Berkshire Regiment moved to Fovant Camp from billets in Reading in early May 1915 near Salisbury to join 78th Brigade, where they at last swapped their blue post office uniforms for army khaki uniforms.http://www.purley.eu/H1417.htm
30th Jun 1915 Sports
21st July 1915 On the Move
20th Sep 1915 On the Move
7th Oct 1915 Reliefs 
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
24th Nov 1915 On the Move
25th Nov 1915 In Camp
26th Nov 1915 In Camp
27th Nov 1915 Snow
28th Nov 1915 Route March
29th Nov 1915 Route March
30th Nov 1915 Route March
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
2nd Dec 1915 Exercise
3rd Dec 1915 Baths
4th Dec 1915 Training
5th Dec 1915 Church Parade
6th Dec 1915 Route March
7th Dec 1915 Fatigues
8th Dec 1915 Fatigues
9th Dec 1915 Fatigues
10th Dec 1915 Fatigues
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
11th Dec 1915 Fatigues
12th Dec 1915 Working Parties
13th Dec 1915 Working Parties
14th Dec 1915 On the March
30th Dec 1915 Air Raid
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
20th Mar 1918 Warning
21st Mar 1918 Hard Fighting
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