1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A black and white digital photograph of soldiers from the battalion training to operate the Bren Carriers, 1941. The trainer Sergeant Ernest William Fereday would deliberately fetch a track off and the men would have to replace it which wasn't easy in rough country conditions. The soldier facing the camera smoking a cigarette is Private Ernie Wotton one of the trainers.
Persons(s): Fereday, E W, Mr; Fereday, E W, Sergeant; Wooton, E, Private
Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1st Bn
The Wardrobe,
58 The Close,
Salisbury, SP1 2EX,
England
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