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Key dates over February 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 0

9th February 1916 - Protest letter about Malvern lights

Rolling Casualty Count: 2745

At the Front:

1st Batt: One Coy of 24th Northumberland Fusiliers, (part of the new army,) attended for instructional purposes. Coy then split and integrated in 1st batt pro tem. A fine mild day.

9th Batt: The 7th North Staffs in the same Brigade numbered 1400 so to equalise the strength, 220 Staffs men were attached to the 9th Worcesters

On the Home Front:

The Miss Mary Anderson Matinee

The Mayor referred to the matinee when Miss Mary Anderson would make her first appearance at the Theatre. He said that, as that would be an historic occasion, and as it was for so deserving a cause – our crippled soldiers – he felt that members of the council would like to attend. The matinee was on the day of the next meeting of the City Council, and he thought that the Council might care to meet either on Monday or Wednesday.

Malvern Lights

Sir, - I want to protest most vigorously against the Malvern lights. Anyone with a smattering of geography or topography would know instinctively that these lights are one of the most important night landmarks in England, and a former German waiter in a Malvern hotel (now probably a Zeppelin guide) could easily be able to pilot a Zeppelin towards them or by them, to Birmingham and the Black Country. I am told that at a part of Malvern Wells the police gave orders to householders to screen their lights, while all the time two street lamps were blazing almost opposite each other. It seems to me it is simply unadulterated, sinful wickedness.       John Kent

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