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Those known to have served with 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Bones Sidney Gordon. Pte.
- Booth Charles Wilson. Capt.
- Capp Ivor Emlyn.
- Collingwood Frank Gerald. L/Cpl. (d.27th May 1940)
- Cox MM Arthur George. Sgt.
- Donoghue Thomas Herbert. Cpl. (d.24th April 1944)
- Dunn Bruce Holman. Lt. (d.15th May 1944)
- Fletcher Joseph William. L/Cpl. (d.27th May 1940)
- Glaister John Charles . Pte. (d.2nd June 1940)
- Goldring William Frederick Thomas. Pte. (d.23rd April 1944)
- Harvey Leslie Walter. L/Cpl. (d.8th Apr 1943)
- Hill Edward. L/Cpl. (d.27th May 1940)
- O'Halloran John Joseph. Pte. (d.15th May 1940)
- Sutton Stanley Charles. WO2 CSM (d.16th May 1943)
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Want to know more about 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment? There are:1451 items tagged 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment available in our Library
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L/Cpl. Joseph William Fletcher 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.27th May 1940) Joe was my mother's brother, he was sadly killed at Dunkirk. Her other brother John served in the Navy and my mother and one of her 6 sisters served in the Land Army.
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Pte. John Charles Glaister 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.2nd June 1940) John Glaiser was my father's brother, he served with the BEF in France.
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Pte. John Joseph O'Halloran 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.15th May 1940) John O'Halloran served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment in WW2. He died 15th of May 1940 aged 21 years and is buried Leopoldsburg War Cemetery in Belgium. Son of James and Hannah O'Halloran of Waterford, Co. Cork, Irish Republic.
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L/Cpl. Leslie Walter Harvey 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.8th Apr 1943) Leslie Harvey was missing presumed dead on the 8th of April 1943,and is remembered on the Rangoon CWGC Cemtery Wall.
We were told he was seconded to the Intelligence Corps, but have no evidence or any history of his whereabouts in Burma, but know the battalion served in Burma at that time.
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Cpl. Thomas Herbert Donoghue 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.24th April 1944) Cpl Bertie Donoghue was my grandfather, married to Ivy Alice May Donoghue, from London. Thomas had two boys (who were evacuated from London during the war). Ivy went on to have three other children in London but they were all killed by a V2 a few weeks before the end of the war. Ivy and the other three children are buried in Islington cemetery. It wasn't until 2000-2001 that we found the link, concerning Grandad and through it my, dad, William was reunited with family, lost after the war. We have only two pictures of grandad and would love to see others of him with others in his battalion.
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Lt. Bruce Holman Dunn South Wales Borderers (d.15th May 1944) Lieutenant Bruce Holman Dunn, Son of John Edward and Gladys Nellie Dunn of Ogmore-by-Sea, Glamorgan. Choral Exhibitioner of Caius College, Cambridge. Served with South Wales Borderers attached to the 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Aged 23 years at time of death, buried Imphal war cemetery, India
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L/Cpl. Edward "Ginger" Hill 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.27th May 1940) I was asked by my uncle to research the family tree for their side of the family. After talking to the four brothers about their lives and what they remembered of their family it jolted their memories about an uncle who had died during the war. After a little research I found the War Grave Commission for L/Cpl Edward Hill - who is my grandfathers twin brother. My uncles were not aware of their father having a twin brother!
Both of the brothers joined the Royal Berkshires from Monmouthshire during the 1930's. Thomas left the army after having a severe motorbike accident early in the war. Edward was sadly killed at Dunkirk on 27th May 1940. His War Grave Commission memorial is at The Dunkirk Memorial Part II, column III. I have made the trip to France to pay my respects to Edward.
Sadly I have no photos of Edward, but I have been able to read a little about the circumstance leading to his death in the Regimental diaries held at the Reading Library.
Update: Edward enlisted into the 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment and died at Dunkirk age 27. He was the son of Thomas and Alice Hill; stepson of Mrs. A. G. Hill, of Hainault, Ilford, Essex.
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Capt. Charles Wilson "Carl" Booth Royal Berkshire Regiment My father, Charles Booth, served with the 4th (TA) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment during the 1920's and 1930's. In 1939/40 he was with the 1st Battalion in France and commanded a company during the advance into Belgium in May 1940, taking part in the Battle of the River Dyle. In the retreat to the Dunkirk perimeter later in the month he was wounded and captured on 27th May 1940 and spent five years in various POW camps in Poland and Germany. He was liberated by US forces in April 1945.
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