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Lives lost on this day: 1

7th May 1916 - Worcester Man’s D.C.M

Rolling Casualty Count: 3116

At the Front:

1st Batt: Hersin shelled, about 150 shells being fired in all and a few buildings were damaged. Weather fine.

2nd Batt: Weather very hot and Germans inactive by day, but rifle grenades and machine guns bothering the front at night.

On the Home Front:

Social: The last social of the session in connection with the Women’s Co-operative Guild was held in the Co-operative Hall. There were about 60 members present, and all thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The programme consisted of recitations and songs, may of the audience taking part. Dancing was indulged in afterwards. During the evening the President presented the retiring Secretary of the Guild with a gold brooch, she having been Secretary for three and a half years.

Angling: The weather has been very fickle this week; and a lot of rain has fallen. The rivers and similar streams have been in good condition, and of a nice height, but yesterday some of the brooks got much discoloured, which will be against the Sunday fishermen... One or two fair catches have been made in the Severn, but they have run small.

Worcester Man’s D.C.M: Pte. E. Wilkes, of the Worcestershire Regiment, writes to his wife, Mrs. G. Wilkes, of 25, Blackfriars, that he received the D.C.M. from Sir John French at Eastbourne, where Pte. Wilkes is in a convalescent home. The decoration was awarded for rescuing wounded comrades under a heavy shell fire at Gallipoli. Pte. Wilkes has seen six years’ service with the Regiment, and during the present campaign has seen much fighting on several fronts. Altogether he had had nine wounds and had been sent home wounded on three occasions.

Information researched by the WWW100 team.