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1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - One of 53 photographs catalogued from the over 100 contained in a photographic album/journal from the period 1942-1946 compiled by Private S J Day; this black and white photo shows a number of members of the Motor Transport (MT) section of which Private, as he then was, Sidney J Day was a member, soon after they first reached India in 1942 and were stationed at Ahmednagar - in this photo are (left to right back row) Charlie Willcox, E Perrin, S (Nazi) Lines, Bill Hymen, W Cocus, 'Mut' Harris, V Vicar and (front row left to right) 'Bung' House, Fred Hairsine, 'Polly' Moore, Sam Harman, J Hardy, 'Lari' Woods, and, in the shade, Jacko Jackson and Wally Titcombe

Persons(s): Day, S J, Private; Willcox, C, Private; Hardy, J, Private; Perrin, E, Private; Lines, S, Private; Hairsine, F, Private; Cocus, W, Private; Harris, Private; Vicar, V, Private; Hymen, H, Private; House, Private; Jackson, Private; Titcombe, W, Private; Harman, S, Private; Woods, L, Lance Corporal;

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1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - One of 53 photographs catalogued from the over 100 contained in a photographic album/journal from the period 1942-1946 compiled by Private S J Day; this sepia photo shows, four members of the section of men who, in 1943, were part of a Divisional party to man the old Mogul fort at Ahmed Nagar where Pandit Nehru, eventually to be Prime Minister of India after Independance in 1947, was imprisoned; this duty followed the Arakan campaign. The four soldiers are Sam Johnson of the DLI, Danny Munroe of the Royal Scots and 'Nazi' Lines and Sig Day, both of the Battalion plus the Char Wallah Shaike Fazool Jamal Mohamed who just happened to be the All Indian Champion Wrestler

Persons(s): Day, S J, Private; Johnson, S, Private; Munro, D, Private; Lines, S, Private; Day, S, Private;

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1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - One of 53 photographs catalogued from the over 100 contained in a photographic album/journal from the period 1942-1946 compiled by Private S J Day; this black and white photo has the caption: "The Passion Wagon leaves - on board:- L-R 'Jacko', Sam, 'Scottie', 'Ogie' Holmes, Steve, Bill Fry, 'Chick Thorpe, 'Jazz' Wright, Bill Arnold and others, 'Nazi' Lines at the wheel" and was taken when the Battalion had returned to Thana during jungle training in 1943

Persons(s): Day, S J, Private; Jackson, Private; Fry, W, Private; Wright, Sergeant; Arnold, W, Private; Lines, S, Private;