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2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A sepia photo of the Battalion on parade in Raglan Barracks, Devonport Summer, 1895 under the command of Lieutenant.-Colonel J G Ponsonby. Photo has top left corner missing. - Officers L to R] Lieutenant A.G. Bingley, 2nd Lieutenant A.H. Bathurst, 2nd Lieutenant C.E. Birch, Major H. Lynch, Captain I.T. Owen, 2nd Lieutenant F. Ready, 2nd Lieutenant R.H. Collins, 2nd Lieutenant Buchanan-Dunlop, 2nd Lieutenant C.H.B. Weston, Captain W.K. McClintock, 2nd Lieutenant H. Street, Captain W.M. Inglis, Lieutenant E.H. Blunt, Captain R.E.T. Bray, Captain G.W. Richards, Captain R.G. Macdonnell, Lieutenant P.W. North, [On right flank] Lieutenant and Quartermaster Mr. Cloke, Sergeant Major Summers.

Persons(s): Bingley, A G, Lieutenant; Bathurst, A H, 2nd Lieutenant; Birch, C E, 2nd Lieutenant; Lynch, H, Major; Owen, I T, Captain; Ready, F, 2nd Lieutenant; Collins, R H, 2nd Lieutenant; Buchanan-Dunlop, 2nd Lieutenant; Weston, C H B, 2nd Lieutenant; McClintock, W K, Captain; Street, H, 2nd Lieutenant; Inglis, W M, Captain; Blunt, E H, Lieutenant; Bray, R E T, Captain; Richards, G W, Captain; MacDonnell, R G, Captain; North, P W, Lieutenant; Cloke, Lieutenant; Summers, Sergeant Major;

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2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A sepia photograph of, from left to right, Captain R.G. Macdonnell, 2nd Lieutenant Steele and 2nd Lieutenant Harding in South Africa in 1901. This photo was possibly taken during the period between July and August 1901 when they were deployed to guard the railway line from Orange River to Worcester. It is thought that this photo was taken by Lieutenant Hemp

Persons(s): Hemp, C, Lieutenant; MacDonnell, R G, Captain; Steele, 2nd Lieutenant; Harding, 2nd Lieutenant;

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2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A sepia photograph collected by Lieutenant Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas showing officers from the battalion in Grahamstown , South Africa, October, 1902. (Standing L to R) Lieutenant James Duberly [Died of Jaundice in 1912], Lieutenant M. L.Slaughter, Lieutenant George William Patrick. Dawes, Lieutenant Benjamin C Sparrow. (Sat L to R) Captain Richard. G. Macdonnell, Colonel Frederick William Nicolas McCracken DSO [Commanded the 15th Scottish Division 1915 - 1917], Lieutenant Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas, Lieutenant Oliver Steel [ Killed in Action 25.10.1914]. [Note re Dawes - He was a career soldier and much decorated Boer War veteran, Lieutenant George Dawes served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was one of the first Britons to learn to fly, gaining his pilot's license (No. 17) in 1910. Promoted to Captain soon after, he was transferred to the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and commanded No. 11 Squadron (for eight months in 1915) before being posted to the Balkans as Officer Commanding, RFC in that theatre of war, a position he held from 1916 to 1918. Mentioned in dispatches on seven occasions, Dawes was honoured by the Greek and Serbian Governments and awarded the French Croix de Guerre.]

Persons(s): Lucas, C H T, Lieutenant; Duberly, J, Lieutenant; Slaughter, M L, Lieutenant; Dawes, G W P, Lieutenant; Sparrow, B C, Lieutenant; MacDonnell, R G, Captain; McCracken, F W N, Colonel; Lucas, C H T, Lieutenant; Steel, O, Lieutenant;