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7th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A copy of 'The Song of Tiadatha' by Captain Owen Rutter from the Balkan News 1919 giving 1st World War experiences in verse

Persons(s): Rutter, O, Captain;

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2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A poem typed on a letterhead paper with a logo of a ship S.S. Tenyo Maru. The poem was written by W.M. Cameron and was found among other documents belonging to Private FC Burgess.

Persons(s): Burgess, F C, Lance Corporal;

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4th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A 'book' with War poetry with a prologue, compiled to recapture the atmosphere of early days in the Normandy Compaign, dedicated to anyone who took part in it. War verses were written by Maurice Kerkoff and are based on factual personal happenings that he experienced during the War.

Persons(s): Kerkhoff, M T;

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66th Regiment - Verses written about the Battle of Maiwand, Afghanistan, dated the 27th of July 1880. Includes a mention of the recovery of George Hinton's body eight weeks after the battle having received 27 wounds. This poem was written by Chas Hinton and refers to his son and has been transcribed and has a typed up version with it.

Persons(s): Hinton, C;

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66th Regiment - A transcription of verses written about the Battle of Maiwand, Afghanistan, dated the 27th of July 1880. Includes a mention of the recovery of George Hinton's body eight weeks after the battle having received 27 wounds. This poem was written by Chas Hinton and refers to his son and has been transcribed and has a typed up version with it.

Persons(s): Hinton, C;

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2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A poem celebrating the life of Company Sergeant Major Ernest Frederick Burrows, DCM, who was decorated at Neuve Chappelle in 1915 and killed at Vimy in 1917. The poem written by a brother od CSM Burrows.

Persons(s): Burrows, E F, Company Sergeant Major;

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99th Regiment - A photocopy and a transcript of a poem entitiled 'The Morning Serenading Corps; or Music Before Daylight (being a lament from the miserable and unhappy residents of Fort Street, and its immediate vicinity'. The poem was written by a resident of Fort Street, Sydney concerning the 99th Regiment's Bugle Calls in Sydney in 1845. The poem appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on the 31st January 1845, the name of the poet is unknown, it is signed simply 'H'.

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49th Regiment - A number of Canadian poems and songs relating to the War of 1812-14 with the United States. There are several references to General Brock.

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Wiltshire Regiment - A poem collected by an unknown soldier entitled 'The National Mission at the Front' by G A Studdert Kennedy CF during the 1st World War.

Persons(s): Studdert-Kennedy, G A;

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Wiltshire Regiment - A poem entitled 'An Ex-soldiers truthful dream of his Country' W.W.1 by Anon

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Royal Berkshire Regiment - Four separate sheets of poetry. No date.

Persons(s): Hanney, W C A, Captain;

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1st bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - Two poems written by Derek De Wilde who fought in the battle of Kohima in Burma during the 2nd World War. He later became the Deputy Chairman of the Windsor Branch of the Old Comrades Association. This primary image shows the first poem

Persons(s): De Wilde, D;

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Wiltshire Home Guard, 2nd Home Guard - A copy of a poem entitled 'To The Old Brigade' about the Home Guard, by D.Y.P. and published in the Bedford Times

Persons(s): Busson, A G, Private;

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1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A typed poem, on 3 pages and headed 'V.J. SERVICE 2005', of 18 verses, each of four lines and written in Iambic Pentamemter; it is about SLIM's 'Burma Boys', their time spent in Burma fighting the Japanese during the 2nd World War and signed after last verse by Felix Gale R.E.M.E. 14th Indian Division and 36th British Division.

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2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A cutting from a newspaper reproducing a poem by Sergeant 8511 Joshua Collins D.C.M. The poem is entitled 'The Medal Ribbon' and describes the ribbon of the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Sergeant 8511 Joshua COLLINS won his Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1917.

Persons(s): Collins, J, Sergeant;

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Wiltshire Regiment - A poem written by Private 2115 C. Ingram, Billet 44 Middle Street, Yeovil, Somerset sometime during the 1st World War.

Persons(s): Ingram, C, Private;

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4th (Reserve) Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A poem composed by, it is believed, Major Frederick William Giddings, MC TD regarding the Battalion in Ireland in 1918.

Persons(s): Giddings, F W, Major;

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1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - An ode to the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment written by an unknown soldier believed to have been attached to the Battalion during the tour in Northern Ireland in 1974.

Persons(s): Chilton, D G, Lieutenant;

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1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - An ode entitled 'Farewell to the DERR' written by an unknown soldier believed to have been attached to the Battalion during the tour in Northern Ireland in 1974.

Persons(s): Chilton, D G, Lieutenant;

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1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - An ode entitled 'Folly Foot Farm Fable' written by an unknown soldier believed to have been attached to the Battalion during the tour in Northern Ireland in 1974.

Persons(s): Chilton, D G, Lieutenant;