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Wiltshire Regiment - An obituary of Major Edward Athelstan Halford who was born in 1898. While in France he was shot down and taken prisoner. After the 1st World War he served in Hong Kong. During the 2nd World War he served in the Middle East and South Africa.

Persons(s): Halford, E A, Major;

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4th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - An obituary for Dudley Reginald Thomas Reddrop who was a member of the Royal Berkshire Regiment between 1939 and 1945. The document is dated 1999 and is a photocopy of the original newspaper cutting along with a copy of the cutting, the name of the publication is unknown.

Persons(s): Reddrop, D R T;

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1st Wiltshire Rifle Volunteers - An obituary for the late Mr. T S. Hill who died in 1913. He had been a member since 1859.

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2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A booklet entitled 'A memento of Hugh Michael Hunter'. Hugh Michael Hunter [formerly 3rd Battalion] who was born on 20 August 1891 died holding a rank of Lieutenant on 6 April 1915 from wounds received in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 12 March 1915. The booklet contains an image of this officer plus copies of letters from fellow soldiers in the battalion to his family after his death

Persons(s): Hunter, H M, Lieutenant;

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7th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A letter sent from Captain W. A. Dixon to an unknown recipient on 6th March 1972. It is regarding the death of Captain F.H. Knott. There is also an original and a carbon copy of his obituary stating that he was awarded a Military Cross during the 2nd World War while serving with RASC. There is also a document with notes regarding C.H. Knott, a brother of Captain F. H. Knott.

Persons(s): Knott, F H, Captain; Knott, C H, Captain;

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2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - An obituary, published in unknown paper, for Captain Henry Paton Rogers, who died on 14th December (year is unknown). Mr Rogers was born on 7th April 1874, he commanded a Company in South Africa. (He also served with the 1st Battalion).

Persons(s): Rogers, H P, Capain;

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1st Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - Three newspaper cuttings (Copyright) regarding the death of Major Percy Hamilton Seymour, the Duke of Somerset, who died aged 74. He joined the Regiment in 1933 and served in India at the begining of the 2nd World War. During the War he was with the Indian Army in Iraq, Persia and Burma. He retired from the Army as a Major in 1954. There are also two copies of a Chapter XV entitled "How we met a defeat" (taken out from unknown publication). On the copies there is a photograph depicting "A group at the Dzongpen's Shekar" showing Colonel Norton. Finally there is one page from "The Journal of the Wiltshire Regiment" with an article entitled 'Major The Duke of Somerset', regarding his service

Persons(s): The Duke of Somerset, Major;

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2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - Three folders with documents, including a booklet entitled 'Route March of the 2nd Bn. Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment From Peshawar to Sabathu' Dec 1887 to March 1888. which belonged to Private Joseph Bathe. 3 copies, one complete, one lacks covers, one lacks covers and title page/ introduction. Another example of this booklet is held as object 26548

Persons(s): Bathe, J, Private;

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Wiltshire Regiment - A newspaper cutting (Copyright) with article entitled "Former prison governor dies". The article is regarding the death of Sergeant David Enders, and describes his service in the Army, his career in prison service and gives the details of the funeral service. There is also a letter sent by Mrs. Enders to Colonel Boggis. In the letter Mrs. Enders informs him of her husband's death, thanks Colonel Boggis for his letter and phonecall and offers to help by making a donation to her husband's Regiment, she also encloses with the letter the newspaper cuttings described above.

Persons(s): Enders, D, Sergeant;

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62nd Regiment - An obituary reporting the death and the funeral of William Kington, who served in the 62nd Regiment and 1st Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment. He died at the age of 76 years.

Persons(s): Kington, W;

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6th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - An obituary for Sergeant Albert James Slade, who served in the 1st World War in the Battle at Bapaume, published in the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald (Copyright) on 18th May 1967. Sergeant A. J. Slade died at the age of 72 at Devizes District Hospital.

Persons(s): Slade, A J;

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5th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - An obituary (Copyright) regarding a death of an officer, Thomas Henry Peace, born on 18th January 1916. It was cut from "Daily Telegraph", dated 14th September 2000. T. H. Peace served during the Normandy invasion. He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the battle for Hill 112.

Persons(s): Peace, H;

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Royal Berkshire Regiment - An obituary concerning Brigadier Kenneth Pearce Smith, taken from the Daily Telegraph (Copyright) and dated Friday the 26th of July 1985. The document is a photocopy and there is also an extra copy enclosed with it.

Persons(s): Smith, K P, Lieutenant;

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Royal Berkshire Regiment - An obituary for Mr James Dainton, caretaker of the Regimental Museum in Brock Barracks, Reading. He served in the First World War.

Persons(s): Verey, H P, Colonel;

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Royal Berkshire Regiment - An obituary for Mr James Dainton, caretaker of the Regimental Museum in Brock Barracks, Reading. He served in the First World War.

Persons(s): Verey, H P, Colonel;

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Royal Berkshire Regiment - An obituary for Lieutenant Colonel John Peddie. It appeared in the Daily Telegraph (Copyright) and is dated Friday the 9th of April 1999. The document includes a photograph.

Persons(s): Peddie, J C T;

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Royal Berkshire Regiment - An obituary in the form of a newspaper cutting (Copyright) concerning the life of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Charles Simmonds who joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1931. The cutting is from The Independent and is dated the 26th of January 1999.

Persons(s): Simonds, A C, Lieutenant Colonel;

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2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A Daily Telegraph obituary (Copyright), dated 1st November 2005, for Captain Frank Wells, MC. He served throughout the Sicily and Italian Campaigns in the 2nd World War, mainly in "C" Company. The item includes a photograph of Captain Wells in uniform.

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1st Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - Photocopies of Newspaper cuttings (Copyright) with images of Private Kenneth Barrington. He was a National Serviceman who served with the Battalion in Germany and Hong Kong. His father was a soldier in the Royal Berkshire Regiment and Ken Barrington was born in Brock Barracks, Reading. Ken Barrington played cricket for Surrey and England. He died in 1981.

Persons(s): Barrington, K;

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4th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A Daily Telegraph obituary, (Copyright) dated 9th December 2004, for Brigadier Bob Flood. He joined the 4th Battalion before the start of the 2nd World War joining HQ Company under the command of Douglas Jardine, the England Cricketer He came off the beaches of Dunkirk with what remained of the Battalion. He was awarded the Miltary Cross. Later in the War he joined the Parachute Regiment. The item contains a photo of Brigadier Flood

Persons(s): Flood, R, Brigadier; Flood, R;