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ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT

 

The Royal Berkshire Regiment Great War Project

My interest in the Royal Berkshire Regiment arose from an extra-mural course run at Reading University in 1992. As a result we formed the Kitchener Battalions Project whose initial objective was to gather documentation about the three Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berks which fought on the western front. We have, as a consequence, amassed a huge amount of information about the regiment, not just in the First World War, but rather, throughout its history. I have a database with some 120,000 entries of men who served with the regiment or who came from Berkshire and served in WW1. 

To date the project has published four books in the Kitchener Battalions series in conjunction with Reading University and three  further books in conjunction with the Museum. Also I am a Trustee of the Regimental Museum in Salisbury and you might like to visit their website.

 

It is not possible to make all the information that we have available here, but we are always happy to try to answer any questions you may have. You may send an e-mail to john.chapman@purley.eu or write to us care of the regimental museum . The links below will take you to the information available.

 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT                                         LINKS TO OTHER SITES

 

THE 49th FOOT                                                                                  ARMY ORGANISATION

 

THE 66th FOOT                                                                                  THE PROJECT  

 

THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT 1881-1914                         REGIMENTAL NUMBERING

 

THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT 1914-1921                         THE MILITIA

 

THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT 1921-1959                         SUCCESSOR REGIMENTS

 

THE TERRITORIALS                                                                         BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

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