10002 Private Arthur Stroud, was Killed in Action on the 26th.October 1914, Aged 20, while serving with the 1st.Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Son of Arthur and Ellen Stroud, of 38, Clarendon Rd., Earley Rise, Reading.
The 1st.Battalion wewe at Aldershot when war was declared on the 4th August 1914. They departed for France on the 12th August and participated in the fighting withdrawal from Mons as part of 6th Brigade, of the 2nd Division. Their first major action was at the Bridge on the Sambre 25th/26th August near the village of Maroilles. The final point of the Retreat was reached on 7th September when they reached Le Poteau. They had marched 236 miles in 15 days, with only one days halt, an average of 15.7 miles per day. The flow of fighting was reversed on 9th September when they crossed the Marne and then the Aisne on the 14th. They then settled into trench warfare based at La Metz Farm. The Battalion were involved in the 1st battle of Ypres from the 22nd October to the 13th November.
The Battalion Diary entry for the 26th.October 1914 reported;
'Trenches and reserve heavily shelled during the day. After dark the French took over the left half of 'B' Coys trenches'.
Son of Arthur and Ellen Stroud, of 38, Clarendon Rd., Earley Rise, Reading.
The 1st.Battalion wewe at Aldershot when war was declared on the 4th August 1914. They departed for France on the 12th August and participated in the fighting withdrawal from Mons as part of 6th Brigade, of the 2nd Division. Their first major action was at the Bridge on the Sambre 25th/26th August near the village of Maroilles. The final point of the Retreat was reached on 7th September when they reached Le Poteau. They had marched 236 miles in 15 days, with only one days halt, an average of 15.7 miles per day. The flow of fighting was reversed on 9th September when they crossed the Marne and then the Aisne on the 14th. They then settled into trench warfare based at La Metz Farm. The Battalion were involved in the 1st battle of Ypres from the 22nd October to the 13th November.
The Battalion Diary entry for the 26th.October 1914 reported;
'Trenches and reserve heavily shelled during the day. After dark the French took over the left half of 'B' Coys trenches'.
10002 Private Arthur Stroud, was Killed in Action on the 26th.October 1914, Aged 20, while serving with the 1st.Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Son of Arthur and Ellen Stroud, of 38, Clarendon Rd., Earley Rise, Reading.
The 1st.Battalion wewe at Aldershot when war was declared on the 4th August 1914. They departed for France on the 12th August and participated in the fighting withdrawal from Mons as part of 6th Brigade, of the 2nd Division. Their first major action was at the Bridge on the Sambre 25th/26th August near the village of Maroilles. The final point of the Retreat was reached on 7th September when they reached Le Poteau. They had marched 236 miles in 15 days, with only one days halt, an average of 15.7 miles per day. The flow of fighting was reversed on 9th September when they crossed the Marne and then the Aisne on the 14th. They then settled into trench warfare based at La Metz Farm. The Battalion were involved in the 1st battle of Ypres from the 22nd October to the 13th November.
The Battalion Diary entry for the 26th.October 1914 reported;
'Trenches and reserve heavily shelled during the day. After dark the French took over the left half of 'B' Coys trenches'.
Son of Arthur and Ellen Stroud, of 38, Clarendon Rd., Earley Rise, Reading.
The 1st.Battalion wewe at Aldershot when war was declared on the 4th August 1914. They departed for France on the 12th August and participated in the fighting withdrawal from Mons as part of 6th Brigade, of the 2nd Division. Their first major action was at the Bridge on the Sambre 25th/26th August near the village of Maroilles. The final point of the Retreat was reached on 7th September when they reached Le Poteau. They had marched 236 miles in 15 days, with only one days halt, an average of 15.7 miles per day. The flow of fighting was reversed on 9th September when they crossed the Marne and then the Aisne on the 14th. They then settled into trench warfare based at La Metz Farm. The Battalion were involved in the 1st battle of Ypres from the 22nd October to the 13th November.
The Battalion Diary entry for the 26th.October 1914 reported;
'Trenches and reserve heavily shelled during the day. After dark the French took over the left half of 'B' Coys trenches'.
Inscription
ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT
PRIVATE
STROUD A.
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