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War Diary

1916-08-09
Regiment 1st Royal Berkshire
Location France, SAND PIT VALLEY
Entry Battalion training. Physical training, bombing and Lewis gun classes were formed. A reinforcement of 63 OR's joined the Battalion, including 53 men of the 2/1st HUNTINGDON CYCLIST Battn. Weather warm. Voluntary bathing parade in the afternoon.