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Re: Royal Berkshire Reg TA
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 26 November 15 11:38 GMT (UK) »
Cyclists also used the bandolier. The regiment created a cyclist battalion during WW1.

One thing against it being pre war TF was that from about 1911 you would expect some of the men to be wearing the Imperial Service badge above the right breast pocket.

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Re: Royal Berkshire Reg TA
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 26 November 15 13:04 GMT (UK) »
again thanks for your replies i have been in touch with the wardrobe in wiltshire but nothing specific came to light. In the fifties and sixties the TA bn. was headquartered in Brock Barracks Reading is it possibly there ?

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Re: Royal Berkshire Reg TA
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 26 November 15 14:56 GMT (UK) »
Yes - Google it

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Re: Royal Berkshire Reg TA
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 26 November 15 20:46 GMT (UK) »
I believe the 6th Battalion Royal Berks was raised in Shorncliffe, Folkestone in Sept 1914 and moved to Colchester in Oct 1914 until May 1915 and then on to Salisbury Plain.

The trees in the background of the photo look like they are bare in winter. This would indicate the location is Colchester. The use of the leather 1903 pattern ammunition bandolier also suggests the photo is in 1914/15 before being equipped with 1908 pattern webbing equipment for use in France where the 6th arrived in July 1915.
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Re: Royal Berkshire Reg TA
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 29 November 15 19:24 GMT (UK) »
Hi There

I have a suspicion that this group is not the 6th Battalion. I think they are the pre war 4th Battalion. The 6th (Service) Battalion was a Kitchener battalion and when first formed in 1914 wore post office uniforms due to the shortage etc. The group wearing bandoliers are very smart and look like pre 1914 men. A number of Pre war TA soldiers were posted to the Service Battalions to assist with training in the first instance, then remain whilst deployed to give structure. The Regimental Website at the Wardrobe [So named because thats the name of the building which contains the Regimental Museum] has many images from the 1st WW within the online COLLECTION. Give that a try.

Hope that helps

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Re: Royal Berkshire Reg TA
« Reply #14 on: Monday 30 November 15 11:04 GMT (UK) »
i believe that your suspicion is well founded  my grandfahter enlisted as a territorial in 1908 in maidenhead and in the late 50s early 60s they had become 4/6th bn royal berks and the regulars became the DERR at a parade in Windsor Gt Park with the Wiltshires. My sister and her husband live just outside Devises i will get them to check. thankyou for all your research 
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