The Wartime Memories Project

- 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment during the Second World War -


Allied Forces Index
skip to content


This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies.


If you enjoy this site

please consider making a donation.




    Site Home

    WW2 Home

    Add Stories

    WW2 Search

    Library

    Help & FAQs


 WW2 Features

    Airfields

    Allied Army

    Allied Air Forces

    Allied Navy

    Axis Forces

    Home Front

    Battles

    Prisoners of War

    Allied Ships

    Women at War

    Those Who Served

    Day-by-Day

    Library

    The Great War

 Submissions

    Add Stories

    Time Capsule

    TWMP on Facebook



    Childrens Bookshop

 FAQ's

    Help & FAQs

    Glossary

    Volunteering

    Contact us

    News

    Bookshop

    About


Advertisements











World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment



   The 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment was a regular Army unit. They saw action with the BEF in France with 2nd Division. They were sent to India and fought in Burma until the Japanese surrender in 1945.

 

15th May 1940 In Action

24th May 1940 In Action

25th May 1940 In Action

26th May 1940 New Positions

27th May 1940 Hard Fighting

5th May 1942 On the Move  location map

15th May 1942 Into Port  location map

16th May 1942 Into Camp  location map

18th May 1942 Training  location map

19th May 1942 On the Move

26th May 1942 Education Classes

3rd June 1942 Return  location map

7th June 1942 On the Move

10th June 1942 Historic Occassion  location map

11th June 1942 Band and Drums  location map

30th June 1942 Training

2nd July 1942 Exercise  location map

4th July 1942 Sickness  location map

1st Sep 1942 Posting

3rd Sep 1942 Posting

14th Sep 1942 Promotions

21st Sep 1942 Promotion

30th Sep 1942 Training

1st Oct 1942 Return

6th Oct 1942 On the Move  location map

12th Oct 1942 Exercise  location map

13th Oct 1942 Exercise

14th Oct 1942 Move

16th Dec 1942 On the Move

24th Dec 1942 On the Move

1st Jan 1943 Preparations  location map

29th Jan 1943 On the Move

28th Feb 1943 Training

1st Mar 1943 On the Move

2nd Mar 1943 On the Move

3rd Mar 1943 On the March

4th Mar 1943 On the March

5th Mar 1943 On the March

6th Mar 1943 Reliefs

6th Mar 1943 Patrol

12th Mar 1943 Reliefs

13th Mar 1943 Reliefs Completed

14th Mar 1943 Air Attacks

15th Mar 1943 Artillery Registration

16th Mar 1943 Heavy Firing

17th Mar 1943 Patrol

18th Mar 1943 Attack Made

19th Mar 1943 Reliefs

20th Mar 1943 Defence Work

21st Mar 1943 Snipers

22nd Mar 1943 Reliefs

23rd Mar 1943 Snipers

24th Mar 1943 Shelling

25th Mar 1943 Reliefs

26th Mar 1943 Alert

27th Mar 1943 Support Called For

28th Mar 1943 Report of Contact

29th Mar 1943 Reliefs

30th Mar 1943 Quiet

31st Mar 1943 Positions Handed Over

1st Apr 1943 Defences reorganised

2nd Apr 1943 Poor Communications

4th Apr 1943 Difficulties

5th Apr 1943 Supplies

6th Apr 1943 Difficult Move

7th Apr 1943 Defences

8th Apr 1943 Reliefs

3rd Apr 1944 In Action

8th Apr 1944 Advance

16th Apr 1944 Reliefs  location map

19th Apr 1944 Reliefs

20th Apr 1944 Reliefs

6th May 1944 Reliefs  location map

13th May 1944 In Action

20th Nov 1944 Preparations

21st Nov 1944 On the Move

22nd Nov 1944 On the Move

23rd Nov 1944 On the Move

24th Nov 1944 Orders

25th Nov 1944 Defence

26th Nov 1944 Church Parade

27th Nov 1944 Fuel Restrictions

29th Nov 1944 Visit

30th Nov 1944 Anniversary

1st Dec 1944 Working Party

2nd Dec 1944 Entertainment

3rd Dec 1944 Conference

4th Dec 1944 Conference

5th Dec 1944 Training

6th Dec 1944 Training

7th Dec 1944 Rainfall

8th Dec 1944 Lectures

9th Dec 1944 Sports

10th Dec 1944 Conference

11th Dec 1944 Conference

12th Dec 1944 Conference

13th Dec 1944 Preparations

14th Dec 1944 On the Move

15th Dec 1944 On the Move

16th Dec 1944 On the March

17th Dec 1944 Recce

18th Dec 1944 Recce

19th Dec 1944 On the March

20th Dec 1944 Water

21st Dec 1944 On the March

22nd Dec 1944 On the March

23rd Dec 1944 On the March

24th Dec 1944 Advance

25th Dec 1944 Patrols

26th Dec 1944 In Action

27th Dec 1944 In Action

28th Dec 1944 On the March

29th Dec 1944 In Action

30th Dec 1944 In Action

31st Dec 1944 Air Raid

1st Jan 1945 Festive Celebrations

2nd Jan 1945 On the March

3rd Jan 1945 On the March

4th Jan 1945 Attack Made

5th Jan 1945 Reliefs

5th Jan 1945 Advance  location map

6th Jan 1945 Baths  location map

7th Jan 1945 Enemy Aircraft  location map

8th Jan 1945 On the March  location map

9th Jan 1945 On the March

10th Jan 1945 Air Raid  location map

11th Jan 1945 Air Raid

12th Jan 1945 Rations  location map

13th Jan 1945 Football  location map

14th Jan 1945 Football

8th of March 1945 Summary of events  location map

9th of March 1945 Summary of events  location map


If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here.



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)

The 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

Records of 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment from other sources.



The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website.

Announcements



  • The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web.
  • 26th March 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge 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 263758 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible.
  • Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's
  • 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.


Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text.



We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates.

If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page.


Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home.

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 second 1939 1945 battalion
Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.



Want to know more about 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment?


There are:1450 items tagged 1st 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 Second World War.


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.

Sandra Garrod



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.

Wendy Glaister



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.

Carol Walsh



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.




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.

Ian T Donoghue



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

Emma Asprey



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.

Joanne James



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.

Dermot Strangwayes-Booth









Recomended Reading.

Available at discounted prices.







Links


















    The free section of the Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers. We have been helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items.

    The website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions.

    If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running.



    Hosted by:

    The Wartime Memories Project Website

    is archived for preservation by the British Library





    Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV
    - All Rights Reserved

    We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.