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Lives lost on this day: 4

25th May 1916 - Death of Col. T. Mowbray Berkeley

Rolling Casualty Count: 3181

At the Front:

2nd Batt: There was Physical Training before breakfast.

Brigade Boxing Competition was held in the evening. The Light Weight Comp was won by BN Hamilton and Heavy weight won by Lance Corp Cook of C Coy.

SMD RFA: Field Operations in conjunction with 143rd Infantry Brigade.

On the Home Front:

Infirmary: Week ending 20th May, 1916: Patients admitted, 18; patients discharged, 10; in the house, 77 (including 9 Royal Engineers and other troops).

Police Inspection: At the Drill Hall, Silver Street, this morning, the City Police Force were inspected by Mr. Leonnard Dunning, His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary. There were on parade, the Chief Constable, Chief-Inspector Smith, Inspectors Bradley and Mound, seven sergeants, and 30 constables. There were on duty Clerk-Sergt. Price, Sergt. Wilkes, and five constables, with 14 vacancies (the men being on active service), making the total strength of the force up to 63. Mr. Dunning inspected the clothing and accoutrements. He afterwards saw them drilled by Constable Greaves. At the Police Court, Mr. Dunning inspected the cells, books, and returns. Later this morning Mr. Dunning inspected the County Police Force at their Headquarters, Castle Street. The Force was under Acting Chief Constable Wasley, and there were on parade Inspector Price, three sergeants and 13 men.

Death of Col. T. Mowbray Berkeley: It is with the greatest regret and sympathy for a well-known Worcestershire family that we announce today the sad tidings of the death of Colonel Thomas Mowbray Berkeley, late of the “Black Watch,” the Royal Highlanders, who was killed by a bursting shell on Saturday last, May 20th. He was the third son of the late Mr. Robert Berkeley, of Spetchley Park, and of the Lady Catherine Berkeley, 2nd daughter of the late Earl of Kenmare.

Celebrations at St. George’s: By way of celebrating the Tercentenary of Shakespeare, St. George’s Day and Empire Day, the boys of St. George’s School gave an entertainment in the Church Institute. There was a crowded attendance over which Mr. W.T. Curtler presided. The programme was well varied and every item was heartily applauded. For the presentation of the trial scene from the “Merchant of Venice” – quite the most interesting part of the programme – the boys had the great advantage of a thorough preparation by Mrs. Ernest Day, and they did infinite credit alike to their coach, and to themselves.

Empire Day at St. Clement’s Boys’ School: …Empire Day lessons were given by Mr. Watts (Headmaster ) to the senior school, and by one of the assistants, Mrs. Button, to the younger boys. In his lesson Mr. Watts first gave the reasons for the celebration of Empire Day. On their maps the boys pointed to all the important parts of the Empire. Sketches of the various great empires of the past, their rise and fall, were then given. How were we to prevent the British Empire going the way of the Roman, Greek, and other empires? By all living up to the watchwords of the Empire Day League – “Responsibility,” “Duty,” “Sympathy,” and “Self-sacrifice,” words which were explained with a special reference to the self-sacrifice of our soldiers in the present war. The National Anthem concluded the celebration, and the boys were granted a half-holiday.

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