Obituary post 1916 WWI--"Victor R. Humphreys" of Dunallon, W. Hampstead UK
Obituary notice from "The Times" newspaper; London, England; October 3, 1916 (copied from original issue in hand)...page 6, column 3
" SECOND LIEUTENANT VICTOR RICHARD HUMPHREYS, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed on September 25, in his 19th year, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Humphreys, of Dunallon, Mill-lane, West Hampstead.He was educated at the Haberdasher's Company's School, Cricklewood, and joined the Public Schools Brigade in September, 1914, from which he obtained a commission and was gazetted to the Royal Berkshire Regiment in May, 1915.He went to the front in April, 1916.His major writes :- "He was considered to be one of the best young officers in the battalion and the colonel was particularly proud of your son, and on every side I have heard how well he was doing."He was on the eveof being transferred to the Royal Flying Corps."
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