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Key dates over March 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 2

30th March 1916 - Cathedral King’s School holds it's annual regatta

Rolling Casualty Count: 2830

At the Front:

2nd Batt: Route march to Annezin, Vendin and Oblighen.

SMD RFA: Capt Sutherland, Regimental Col SMDRFA Brigade assumed command of D Battery. Battery composed of one subsection from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Worcs and from the new drafts.

On the Home Front:

Worcester man down with Fever: Mrs. A.J. Green, 12, North Cottages, Tennis Walk, has received a notification from the Record Office at Preston, stating that her only son, Sergt. Alfred J. Green, is in hospital at the front suffering from rheumatic fever. Sergt. Green, who was formerly a Worcester grocer’s assistant, joined the Bantams in December, 1914, and went to the front two months ago. He is only 20 years old. Writing home to his mother, he says that he is going on all right and being looked after well in the hospital.

Lambs Frozen to Death: the terribly rough weather of the last few days has greatly affected the ewes and their lambs. On a farm near Fernhill Heath one farmer had the misfortune to lose 13 lambs on the night of the 28th inst. They were all frozen.

N.S.P.C.C. and Child Neglect: The N.S.P.C.C. investigated 3,884 complaints of neglect and cruelty in England, Wales, and Ireland during the month of February. Of the 3,657 completed cases, 3,568 were found true, affecting the welfare of 11,380 children and involving 4,505 offenders…In the Worcester and Mid-Worcestershire Branch during the same month, 17 cases were dealt with, affecting 34 children.

Presentations to Worcester Man: The “Mitenhage (South Africa) Chronicle” records presentations to Chargeman Richard Perry, at the Locomotive Works there, on the occasion of his retirement after 33 years continuous service.. He was presented with a silver-mounted umbrella and a purse, “weighty as well as bulky in appearance.” Mr. Perry is a native of Worcester (a son of the late Mr. Charles Perry), and years ago was employed by the G.W.R. at Worcester.

The annual regatta of the Cathedral King’s School took place on Wednesday afternoon. The weather was fine, and there were about 200 spectators. The course, which was upstream, was from Severn Street to the Cathedral Ferry. So strong was the current that several of the crews stopped without completing the course. In one case a crew made a second start, and even then did not reach the post. Other crews finished at the second attempt.

Information researched by the WWW100 team.