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Lives lost on this day: 1

27th January 1916 - Kidderminster District Sub-Committee of the County War Agricultural Committee discuss women land workers

Rolling Casualty Count: 2722

At the Front:

10th Batt: new training programme commenced.

SMRFA: At 7.20 am a gas alarm was received and Batt “Stood to.” At 8.55am the order to "Stand down" was received.

On the Home Front:

At a meeting of the Kidderminster District Sub-Committee of the County War Agricultural Committee, Mr. Lawley said it was suggested that a Committee should be formed in each parish to deal with the labour shortages. Mr. Colledge said in his parish he did not know one woman who was working on the land. Mr. Corbett said the women had turned out well in his parish, and had given good help in getting up potatoes, which would otherwise have still been in the ground. About 20 women were employed at Chaddesley Corbett. Mr. Timmins said 45 women were working on the land at Stone. It was decided to appoint representatives to deal with the matter in all the parishes.

Great Worcester Effort: At a sale on behalf of the British Farmers’ Red Cross Fund in support of the National Relief Fund Today’s , the inclement weather did not deter a large number of visitors from the country, who attended the opening ceremony. The now famous Red Cross donkey, owned by Mr. E.T. Lane, of Bosbury, which has been “sold” and “re-sold” hundreds of times at figures ranging from a few shillings to several pounds, was early on the scene. This donkey is a quiet little animal like many another of his kind, but the chances are that no donkey in the world has had such distinction thrust upon him, for he has changed hands, hundreds of times, and at seven of these sales he has now realised£2,344 – the price of a winning race-horse.

Absentees: Frank Ford was charged with being an absentee from the 6th Worcestershire Regiment. He was remanded to await an escort.

Serious Burning Case: On Tuesday, a cleaner, named Percival Webb, employed at the Midland ‘Bus Depot, was very seriously burned. He had thrown some oil on a fire to revive it when the flames shot out and set his clothing on fire. The flames were extinguished by a foreman and the man was removed with all speed to the Infirmary and his condition is critical.

Information researched by the WWW100 team.