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Wisden Obituaries show DYMORE-BROWN, LIEUT. HUGH PATTERSON (5th Royal Berks. Regt.), died from pneumonia following influenza on February 21, aged 22. He was in the Reading College XI. So now we know what he died of. An edition of The OTC (Officers Training Corps) and the Great War covering the period to March 1915 shows 76 men of the Reading School OTC commissioned as officers between August 1914 and March 1915 and also 76 men also enlisting in the other ranks. Clearly Reading School had a strong association with the OTC
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 5/Royal Berkshire Regiment |
5th (Service) Battalion Formed at Reading on 25 August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 35th Brigade in 12th (Eastern) Division. Moved initially to Shorncliffe and on to Folkestone in January 1915. Moved to Malplaquet Barracks at Aldershot on 1 March 1915. 31 May 1915 : landed in France. 6 February 1918 : transferred to 36th Brigade in same Division |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Reading Old Boys No. 3545 E.C. | Berkshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
3rd July 1918 | 5th November 1918 | 3rd December 1918 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley