Bibliography

The books produced by the Project are as follows:-

• Responding to the Call ISBN 0 7049 0413 3 published 1985 by Reading University - Foreword by Maj Gen Robin Grist
• On the Somme ISBN 0 7049 1160 4 published 1986 by Reading University - Foreword by Col John Hill
• Arras to Cambrai ISBN 0 7049 1161 2 published 1997 by Reading University – Foreword by Richard Holmes
• Their Duty Done ISBN 0 7049 1162 0 published 1998 by Reading University – Foreword by Peter Simpkins
• The China Dragon’s Tales – The 1^st Battalion – ISBN 0 9540 3651 4 published 2003 by The Wardrobe Trust – Foreword by Maj Gen Derek Crabtree
• The China Dragon’s Tales – The 2^nd Battalion – ISBN 0 7524 3571 X published 2005 by Tempus – Foreword by General Sir Kevin O’Donoghue

War Diaries - All published by the Wardrobe Trust

• 1^st Battalion August 1914 to April 1919 - first printed January 2006
• 2^nd Battalion October 1914 to April 1919 – first printed February 2006
• 1^st/4^th Battalion April 1915 to Mar 1919
• 2nd/4^th Battalion Sep 1915 to Sep 1919 – first printed February 2006
• 5^th Battalion May 1915 to May 1919 – first printed February 2006
• 6^th Battalion July 1915 to February 1919 – first printed February 2006
• 7^th Battalion Sep 1915 to Oct 1919 first printed 2004
• 8^th Battalion August 1915 – May 1919 – first printed February 2006

Medal Rolls – All published by the Wardrobe Trust

• Vol 1 1914 Star
• Vol 2 1914/15 Star
• Vol 3 British War Medal part 1
• Vol 4 British War Medal part 2 (includes Territorial Force War Medal)
• Vol 5 Silver War Badge

Other books relating to the Royal Berkshire Regiment which we referred to:-

• The 66^th Berkshire Regiment 1758-1881 by J Percy Groves published by Joseph J Beecroft 1887
• History of the Royal Berkshire Militia by Emma Thoyts published by Joseph Hawkes 1897
• The War Service of the 1^st/4^th Royal Berkshire Regiment by CRMF Cruttwell published Blackwell 1922
• The Royal Berkshire Regiment Vol I 1743-1914 by F Loraine Petre published 1925 by Reading Barracks – Foreword by Maj Gen E T Dickson
• The Royal Berkshire Regiment Vol II 1914-1918 by F Loraine Petre published 1925 by Reading Barracks
• The Fighting Tenth 1940-1944 by David R C West published Marlborough 1950
• The Royal Berkshire Regiment 1920-1947 by Brig Gordon Blight published 1953 by Staples Press
• The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment by Capt John Barrow published 1971 by Exeter
• China Dragons – A Rifle Company at War Burma 1944-45 by Col John Hill published 1991 by Blandford Books
• Cold War Warriors 1959-1994 by David Stone published 1998 by Leo Cooper
• Our Laurels are Green by Maj Gen Robin Grist ISBN 0 9529 5971 2 published 1997 by Forces & Corporate Publishing
• The Last Twelve Years 1948-1959 by Major F Myatt ISBN 0 9540 650 6 published 2001 by Reading University – Foreword by Col John Hill
• Slim’s Burma Boys – by Col John Hill published 2007 privately
• The Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914-1918 – ISBN 0 7524 3471 3 published 2005 by Tempus
• The Royal Berkshire Regiment 1743-1914 - ISBN 0 7524 3914 6 by Martin McIntyre – published 2006 by Tempus
• Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment 1959-1994 by Martin McIntyre – published 2007 by Tempus
• The Royal Rifles Volunteers On Operations by Lt Col Mike Scott published 2005 by Reprolongo Sri 2005 – Foreword by Lt Gen David Richards
• Regimental War Tales of The Rifles by Major Charles Hayman – published by The Rifles 2007

Most of the above titles are available from the on-line shop at www.thewardrobe.org.uk

Ther books of relevance are:-

Divisional Histories

• History of the 12^th (Eastern Division in the Great War) by Arthur Scott & P M Brummell

Miltary Operations (Official History)

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