Berkshiremen
Should you wish to submit a loved one who was a member of the Royal Berkshire Regiment WWII please be so kind as to download the questionnaire, and forward as much of it's criteria known to you. Thank you.
| Name: HUTT, Cyril Victor |
| Rank: Private |
| Regiment: 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| Service No: 5337276 |
| Theatre: Burma - India |
| Additional Information: |
Cyril Victor Hutt
enlisted into the army at Reading in Berkshire on 12 May 1939 age
17. Serving with the Berkshire
Regiment for 7 years until he was discharged on the 24 August 1946.
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Submitted
by: His
daughter Carole Todd who wishes to find out more about her father.
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| Name: GOODWIN, William Frederick |
| Rank: U/K |
| Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| Service No: U/K |
| Theatre: Burma - India |
| Additional Information: |
Enlisted on the
26 July 1940. Served in India
and Burma between 1941 and 1945. William Goodwin was
with the Royal Berkshire Regiment until his release from
service on the 8th January 1946. |
Sadly William Goodwin
died in a road traffic accident in 1948. |
| Name: HALL, Joseph William |
| Initials: J. W. |
| Nationality: United Kingdom |
| Rank: Private |
| Regiment: 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| Age: 20 |
| Date of Death: 10/03/1945 |
| Service No: 14417042 |
| Theatre: Burma - India |
| Grave/Memorial Reference:18. F. 20. |
| Cemetery:TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY |
| Additional Information: |
Son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. Hall, of South Wigston, Leicestershire. Best friend of Sgt.
Walter William Pratt, 2nd Royal Berkshires.
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Submitted
by: Angela
Holland-Yousaf, Great-niece of Pte. Joseph Hall, on behalf of their
family who would like to hear from anyone who could shed light
into the circumstance and location of Pte. Joseph
Hall's death. |
Submitted
by: Dave
Pratt on behalf of his father Walter William Pratt who also wishes
to know more about this very brave veteran.
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| NAME: RICKETTS, Jack Henry |
| Initials: J. H. |
| Nationality: United Kingdom |
| Rank: U/K |
| Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| Service No: U/K |
| Theatre: Burma - India |
| Additional Information: |
Jack Ricketts served
with the Regiment during the Burma campaign.
|
Submitted
by: His
son Paul Ricketts who wishes to find out more about his father.
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| NAME: HINTON, Frederick |
| Initials: F. A. |
| Nationality: United Kingdom |
| Rank: Private |
| Regiment: 1st Bn., 2nd Div Royal Berkshire Regiment, later transferred to the 4th Bn. |
| Age: 91+ |
| Service No: 5340067 |
| Theatre: Europe - Burma - India |
| Additional Information: |
Pte. Frederick
(Fred) Hinton inlisted 15 July 1939, serving with 1st Battalion 2nd
Div. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Posted to France in 1939, wounded early 1940. After recovery in the
UK he was reassigned to the 4th Battalion and Posted to India in
late 1942,
Pte. Hinton saw action, in Arakan 1943 - Kohima – Assam in
1944 and finally on into Burma late 1944 where he finished his war. |
Submitted by his
son John Hinton on behalf of his father Fred Hinton.
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| NAME: AINGER, Alfred George |
| Initials: A. G. |
| Rank: Company Sergeant |
| Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| Service No: 5378388 |
| Theatre: Europe |
| Additional Information: |
Served with the
Royal Berkshire Regiment from May 1942 through October 1945. Having
previously served with the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. Fought
at Dunkirk and possibly wounded and medically discharged.
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Submitted
by: J
A Allerhead BEM (WO1 Retd).
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| NAME: WILCOX, Frank Edward |
| Initials: F. E. |
| Rank: U/K |
| Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| Service No: U/K |
| Theatre: Burma - India |
| Age: 72 |
| Additional Information: |
Frank Wilcox served
with the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Seldom speaking of his wartime
exploits, other than to mention having been caught in a caught in
an ambush, and the Pindari glacier Glacier?? in India. Sadly Frank
Wilcox passed away in 1989.
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Submitted
by: Chris Wilcox on behalf of his father and brother.
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China Dragon Cap Badge
Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
1939 - 1959
WWII