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Berkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force: 1/1st Battalion, Berkshire Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion, Berkshire Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion, Berkshire Yeomanry    The Berkshire Yeomanry had their HQ at Yeomanry House, Castle Hill, Reading when war broke out in 1914, they were part of the 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade. A Squadron were recruited from Windsor, Maidenhead and Wokingham, B Squadron from Reading and Wallingford, C Squadron from Newbury, Hungerford and Lambourn. D Squadron had their Drill Station in Wantage and were recruited from Wantage, Abingdon, Faringdon and Didcot. 27th Aug 1915 In Reserve 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 If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about the Berkshire Yeomanry? There are:6589 items tagged Berkshire Yeomanry 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 Berkshire Yeomanry during the Great War 1914-1918. Baldwin William Ernest. Sjt. A Sqd. (d.21st August 1915) Green Montague George. Pte. (d.15th Dec 1915) 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 More Berkshire Yeomanry records. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. 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. 247078 Sjt. William Ernest Baldwin A Sqd. Berkshire Yeomanry (d.21st August 1915) William Baldwin was born in 1889 in St Pancras, London, the youngest son of Frederick Alfred and Sara Baldwin. The family moved to Acton in 1905 where his father owned one of the largest laundries in Acton, the Empire Steam Laundry on the Steyne. His father went on to become the first Mayor of Acton and died in 1924. William served with A Squadron, Berkshire Yeomanry and saw action in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. He was killed in action, aged 26 years, on 21st of August 1915, the first day of the assault on Hill 70 the Battle of Scimitar Hill. It was the largest single day attack in the Gallipoli campaign with over 5000 British casualties. He is buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey. He is remembered on both the Berkshire Yeomanry memorial at Windsor and the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London. He is also mentioned on the memorial to his father which is near the organ in St. Mary's Church. Caroline Hunt Add to this record.

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