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2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A black and white photograph of the Warrant Officers, Colour Sergeants and Sergeants in Asmara, Eritrea, 1949.(Back Row L to R) Sergeants Bayham, Rippengal (RAEC), Holt (RAEC), Cook, Mathews, Higgs, Jones. (Centre row L to R) Drum Major Curtis, Sergeants Carcass, Kean, CQMS Allen, Colour Sergeant Freeman, CQMS Jenkins, Sergeant Potter (REME), CQMS Pearson, Sergeants Smith, Holdaway, CQMS Britnell. (Front Row L to R) CSMs Wright, Mathews, Major (QM) F.G. Stroud, RQMS Merry, Lieutenant Colonel W.A. Bickford DSO, RSM Green DCM, Major R.A. Davies (2nd in Command), Major J.J.W. Forster (Adjutant) Bandmaster Freeth, CSMs Patemore, Stanley. (This is believed to be the last image of the Sergeants Mess prior to the Amalgamation with the 1st Battalion)

Persons(s): Allen, E P, Captain; Baynham, T, Sergeant; Rippengal, Sergeant; Holt, Sergeant; Cook, Sergeant; Mathews, Sergeant; Higgs, Sergeant; Jones, Sergeant; Curtis, Drum Major; Carcass, Sergeant; Kean, Sergeant; Allen, Company Quartermaster Sergeant; Freeman, Colour Sergeant; Jenkins, Company Quartermaster Sergeant; Potter, Sergeant; Pearson, Company Quartermaster Sergeant; Smith, Sergeant; Holdaway, Sergeant; Britnell, Company Quartermaster Sergeant; Wright, Company Sergeant Major; Mathews, Company Sergeant Major; Stroud, F G, Major; Merry, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant; Bickford, W A, Lieutenant Colonel; Green, Regimental Sergeant Major; Davies, R A, Major; Forster, J J W, Major; Freeth, Bandmaster; Patmore, Company Sergeant Major; Stanley, Company Sergeant Major

Royal Berkshire Regiment, 2nd Bn