Index to the Account of

The Royal Berkshire Regiment

in WW1

In the tables below select the article you want and click on the number. It will take some considerable time to convert the material available to web format but if there is an article missing which you would like to see please e-mail me (john.chapman@purley.eu) and I will endeavour to make it available as soon as possible.

First the Fighting Battalions

The war is divided up into a number of phases starting with the commencement of a major engagement in which the Royal Berks were involved. Where a particular battalion was not actively engaged the period is referred to as an ‘interlude’. Select the combination of battalion and phase of interest. The column marked b/g provides background to the phase and some information as to what was happening in other theatres of the war. Other columns provide a continuous account of each battalion’s activity in the war. The row marked ‘itineraries’ provides a simple day by day listing of where they were. The row marked ‘Colleagues’ gives details of the other battalions they were brigaded with and the other brigades in their Division.

	dates		phase	b/g	1	2	1/4	2/4	5	6	7	8
	8/14	7/15	preparations		051	182	113	114	115	116	117	118
	8/14	9/14	Retreat from Mons	170	171
9/14		3/15	Holding the line	180	181	184
10/14		11/14	1^st Ypres		189
	4/15	5/15	Counter attacks	190	191	192
	3/15	8/15	Build up	200	201	202	203		205	206		208
	9/15	11/15	Loos	210	211	212			215			218
	9/15	6/16	Interlude 1	220	221	222	223	224	225	226	227	228
	7/16	9/16	Somme	230	231	232	233	234	235	236		238
	7/16	3/17	Interlude 2	240	241	242	243	244	245	246	247	248
	3/17	5/17	Arras	250	251				255
	4/17	6/17	Interlude 3	260	261	262	263	264	265	266	267	268
	7/17	11/17	3^rd Ypres	270		272	273	274		276
	7/17	10/17	Interlude 4	280	261		283	284	285	286	287	288
	11/17	12/17	Cambrai	290	291			294	295
	11/17	2/18	Interlude 5	300	301	302	303	304	305	306	307	308
	3/18	6/18	Kaiserschlacht	310		312		314	315			318
	3/18	6/18	Interlude 6	320	321	322	323	324			327
	7/18	11/18	Final Advance	330	331	332	333	334	335		337	338
	11/18	12/29	Post Armistice	340	341	342	343	344	345		347	348
	8/14	12/29	Itineraries		441	442	443	444	445	446	447	448
	8/14	12/19	Commanding Officers	450	451	452	453	454	455	456	457	458
	8/14	12/19	Colleagues	490	491	492	493	494	495	496	497	498

Second - The other battalions

The other battalions’ activities do not easily fit into the same structure as above. . There are sections for when the battalions were absorbed into other units.

date	date	battalion	section	successor	section
1914	1921	Depot	156
1916	1917	Depot companies	141
1914	1919	3^rd Battalion	151
1914	1919	3^rd/4^th Battalion	152
1914	1917	9^th Battalion	153	37^th TR Battalion	158
1916	1917	10^th Battalion	142
1916	1917	11^th Battalion	143
1916	1917	12^th Battalion	144
1916	1917	13^th Battalion	145
1917	1919			The Labour Corps	146
1916	1917	1^st Home Service Garrison Bn	154	14^th Royal Defence Corps	154
1914	1919	1^st Volunteer Battalion	155
1917	1917	2^nd Volunteer Battalion	155
1917	1919			The Machine Gun Corps	157
1917	1919			Trench Mortar Battalions	159

Third – The Regiment as a whole

dates		article	ref
8/14	7/15	Recruitment	101
		Support for the troops	102
		Military Discipline	103
		Prisoners of War	350
		Demobilisation	109
		Battle Insignia	104
		Colours & Battle Honours	122
		Regimental Numbers	106
		Transfers between Regiments	107
		Postal arrangements	108
		Regimental History	60
		The Territorial Association	80
8/14	1/20	War Diaries	700

Fourth – General topics

dates	Article	ref
	Introduction	40
	Medical Facilities	160
	Cemeteries and Memorials	360
	The Home Front	380
	Army Organisation	120
	Weapons and Equipment	105
	Discharges	109
	Tactics	126
	Theatres of War	125
	Orders of Battle	121
	Timetable of events	471

Fifth – Individual Accounts

Many men wrote up their personal accounts of their war experiences. Some of these can be made available with the agreement of the families. Where relevant the text is woven into the articles in part one above. Where we have a copy of their account see individual Soldiers

H142 2/7/2008