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SBYRW : 13686

1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A sepia photo of the 'C' Company athletics team who were the winners of Inter-Company Athletic Shield on the 30 November 1928 at Fyzabad in India.(Back row L to R) Sergeant A. Drewett, Privates A. Holliday, J. Hubbard, Lance Corporal Lovelock, Privates W. Sherriff, A. Walker, G. Russell, H. Talbot. (Sat L to R) Private A. Taylor, Lance Corporal G. Fairchild, Corporal J. Marsh, Captain K.P. Smith (OC '#C' Coy), Privates A. Bright, F. Pockett, F. Harris 79. Photographer; Munna Lall, Fyzabad. During the 1st World War Captain Smith served in the 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Berks Regt. During the 2nd World War he served as General Staff Officer 1 Air Ministry 1941-04-07 – 1941-04-26 Acting Commanding Officer 184th Brigade 1941-12-24 – 1942-07-14 Commanding Officer Southern Brigade, Malta 1942-07-14 – 1943-05-19 Commanding Officer 1st Malta Brigade, Malta 1943-06-17 – 1944-07-02 Commanding Officer 185th Brigade, North-West Europe 1945-04-17 – 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer 29th East African Training Brigade, East Africa

Persons(s): Drewett, A, Sergeant; Holliday, A, Private; Hubbard, J, Private; Lovelock, W, Lance Corporal; Sherriff, W, Private; Walker, A, Private; Russell, G, Private; Talbot, H, Private; Tyler, A, Private; Fairchild, G, Lance Corporal; Marsh, J, Corporal; Smith, K P, Captain; Bright, A, Private; Pockett, F, Private; Harris, F, Private;

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SBYRW : 18499

1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A sepia photo of 'C' Company team, winners of the 1928 Inter-Company Tug of War shield at the Bourlon Day sports Fyzabad in the United Provinces, India on the 30th November, 1928. Back Row L to R) Lance Corporal E. Holmes, Privates J. Barry, F. Pockett, CSM G. London MM, Privates P. Goodchild, W. Tunnicliffe. (Front Row L to R) Private A. Hunt, Lance Corporal A. Stevens, Sergeant J. Oxford (Coach), Captain K.P. Smith (OC 'C' Company), Private C. Baker, E. Henderson. [Private Pockett was a battalion boxer of some note] [Captain Smith fought in the 1st World War in the 2nd/4th Battalion, and later commanded a Brigade during the Normandy Landings, 1944]. Photographer; Munnalal, Fyzabad, India

Persons(s): Holmes, E, Lance Corporal; Barry, J, Private; Pockett, F, Private; London, G, Company Sergeant Major; Goodchild, P, Private; Tunnicliffe, W, Private; Hunt, A, Private; Stevens, A, Lance Corporal; Oxford, J, Sergeant; Smith, K P, Captain; Baker, C, Private; Henderson, F, Private;

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