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6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
The 6th (Service) Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment was raised at Reading in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 53rd Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division. They trainined at Colchester and moved to Salisbury Plain for final training in May 1915. They proceeded to France on the 26th of July 1915 and the division concentrated near Flesselles. In 1916 they were in action on The Somme in The Battle of Albert capturing their objectives near Montauban, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge including the capture of Trones Wood, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights playing a part in the capture of the Schwaben Redoubt and Regina Trench and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they took part in the Operations on the Ancre including Miraumont and the capture of Irles, the fought during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and in The Third Battle of the Scarpe before moving to Flanders. They were in action in The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck and The First and Second Battle of Passchendaele. On the 12th of February 1918 the 6th Berkshires disbanded in France, with troops transferring to 1st, 2nd and 5th Berkshires.
6th Battalion Berkshire Regiment is formed at Reading in September 1914 as part of Kitcheners's 2nd New Army, they join 53rd Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Ackroyd VC, MC. Harold. Capt. (d.11th Aug 1917)
- Burgess Joseph James. Pte. (d.17th Feb 1917)
- Clarence John. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Dray Frederick Charles. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Holloway Edward Thomas. Pte. (d.23rd February 1917)
- Howlett George Alfred . Pte.
- Lickman Cyril Edward. Sgt.
- Matthews Thomas Luke. Pte. (d.29th September 1916)
- Moore Edward Thomas. Pte. (d.19th Jul 1916)
- Putterill Robert William. Pte. (d.31st Jul 1917)
- Slater Joseph Howard. Pte. (d.1st Oct 1916)
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Sgt. Cyril Edward Lickman 2nd Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment In 1911, Cyril Lickman was in the 2nd Berkshires in India. He returned in 1914 (17yrs old), moved to Winchester, and was made Acting Sergeant for the 6th Berkshires, training the service battalion. He fought through the First World War, then re-joined in the Second World War.
He survived and passed away in 1974.
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Pte. George Alfred "Dick" Howlett 6th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment George Howlett was my Great Grandad, he served with the 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
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Pte. Edward Thomas Holloway 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.23rd February 1917) Edward Holloway was born 1890 in Winkfield, Berkshire.
He died of wounds on the 23rd of February 1917. Received during the Battle of Boom Ravine on the 17th February.
Edward is laid to rest in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery in France.
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Pte. Robert William Putterill 6th (Service) Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.31st Jul 1917) Robert Putterill's name is one of the many on the Menin Gate at Ypres. He was my great, great grandfather's great nephew.
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Pte. John Clarence 6th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.1st July 1916) John Clarence was killed whilst serving with the 6th Battalion,Royal Berkshire Regiment on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
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Capt. Harold Ackroyd VC, MC. Att. 6th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps (d.11th Aug 1917)  Harold Ackroyd served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was attached to the 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment during WW1. He was killed in action on the 11th August 1917 and is commemorated on a special memorial (No.7) in Birr Cross Roads Cemetery. He is also buried here.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 4th September 1917, reads as follows:-
For most conspicuous bravery. During recent operations Capt. Ackroyd displayed the greatest gallantry and devotion to duty. Utterly regardless of danger, he worked continuously for many hours up and down and in front of the line tending the wounded and saving the lives of officers and men. In so doing he had to move across the open under heavy machine-gun, rifle and shell fire. He carried a wounded officer to a place of safety under very heavy fire. On another occasion he went some way in front of our advanced line and brought in a wounded man under continuous sniping and machine-gun fire. His heroism was the means of saving many lives, and provided a magnificent example of courage, cheerfulness, and determination to the fighting men in whose midst he was carrying out his splendid work. This gallant officer has since been killed in action.
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Pte. Joseph Howard Slater 6th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.1st Oct 1916) Joseph Howard Slater enlisted in Hertford and was a private in Hertfordshire Regiment later transferring to the 6th Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action, aged 29, at The Battle of Ancre Heights, in the Somme, 1st of October 1916. He is remembered near his brother Geoffrey at Thiepval Memorial.
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Pte. Joseph James Burgess 6th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.17th Feb 1917) After my father died in 2010, as an only child I had the task of clearing his bungalow. I found a lot of family history including information about my great uncle Joseph Burgess, his medals death plaque and marriage certificate.I have since found out he is remembered at the Thiepval memorial in France.My husband and I went to France and found my uncle on the memorial. I found it very moving as, until my father died, I never knew of Joseph. He is now remembered along with his brother Alfred my Great Grandfather who was also fighting in France but survived.
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Pte. Edward Thomas Moore 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.19th Jul 1916) My husband was once told by his father that his father had once had an older brother. Although we knew nothing of him as the family did not speak of him. We suspect because it was too painful to talk about. After considerable research we found out that he was named Edward and served with the 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshires We have been told by family, now gone, that Edward was a very tall, well built young man at age 15. We believe that because of this someone gave him a white feather, supposedly thinking he was older and ought to have enlisted. He promptly did just that, presumably lying about his age, and a year later died in France, age 16 years, possibly at the Battles of Longueval and Delville Wood. His father was in the Royal Defence Corps and was gassed and demobbed. His uncle, Joseph Edmund, who had been a regular soldier from 1897 with the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment was also killed in 1916 near Ypres. We cannot begin to imagine how the families coped at this time as they were also very poor.
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