Recruiting still proceeds briskly to the 2nd Field Company, East Anglian Royal Engineers (Reserve Unit), whose headquarters are in Napier Road, Luton. The following have recently been enrolled.

*HIGGS H.

*MONK A. G.

BELL E.G.

BIRD S.J.

BRANDON W.

BRANTOM A.

BRIARS S. G.

CLARE J. E.

CUNNINGHAM C. W.

FIELD F. C.

FOSKETT J. F.

GODFREY J. E.

GOODGE H. E.

GOODSHIP H. P.

HARTOP A.

HAYWARD A.

MANNING A.

MORRIS P. F.

PATEMAN E. D.

RALLEY W.

ROBERTS H.

ROBINSON E. A.

SMITH A.

TYSOE S.

THURLOE A. R.

WARREN J. T.

WILSON W. F.

Recruits indicted with an asterisk are drivers, the remainder sappers.

 

A second detachment has been recruited and sent on to the Western Troops Signal Company. Recruits include:

BATCHELOR C.

BATTRICK N.

BIRD P.

BLACKBURN S. N.

BRINKLER J.

CLARKE J.

COLES A.

COOPER F.

CROFT F. C.

DAVIS A. G.

ELLIS B.

GEARY E. C.

GODFREY H.

HAWORTH J. R.

HAWKINS H.

HAWKINS P.

HYDE J.

MOODY E.

ODELL J.

PATEMAN S. B.

PEACE H. J.

PERRY B. H.

PUDDEPHATT R.

ROBINSON V.

SAUNDERS H.

SHARPE G. T.

SIVILL C. S. W.

SMITH B.

TOMPKINS L. A.

WARNER A.

WILSON H. C.

A number of Luton recruits have also been sent to Bedford to fill up the reserve unit in the county town.

 

PROMOTIONS

E. PAGE to be colour sergeant

S. C. ROBINSON to be company colour sergeant

H. E. ELSDON to be sergeant

R. H. PEARSALL to be sergeant

L. R. HARWOOD to be sergeant

F. EVANS to be sergeant

W. SILVER to be sergeant

B. DANIELS to be corporal

J. COLLINS to be corporal

A. J. L. SIMPSON to be corporal

J. T. HULL to be corporal

E. L. WHITE to be corporal

G. MALONE to be second-corporal

A. E. HULL to be second-corporal

G. BRIDGES to be second-corporal

H. S. MARSHALL to be second-corporal

S. LONG to be second-corporal

J. F. W. SIMPSON to be second-corporal

W. BERRY to be lance-corporal

A. MACDONALD to be lance-corporal

O. W. GODREY to be lance-corporal

S. E. PHILPOTT to be lance-corporal

W. GOYMER to be lance-corporal

G. A. ALLEN to be lance-corporal

D. SWAIN to be lance-corporal

Promotions among drivers include:

P. O. TIPLADY to be corporal

J. TURVEY to be second-corporal

A. G. CHAMBERS to be lance-corporal

J. E. INSKIP to be lance corporal

 

REGULAR ARMY

Among the recruits who have joined through the Recruiting Office at Luton Corn Exchange:

ALLEN F. E.

BATCHELOR H.

BUNKER S.

BURGESS W.

CARTER W.

DILLY W. H.

JENKINS G.

LAY G. P. M.

MILLER B.

NORMAN R.

NORTH H.

*SAMM C. A.

STONE W.

*Mr Samm, brother of a Caddington farmer, has come home from Canada to enlist.

 

[The Luton News. December 17th, 1914]