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Key dates over July 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 12

4th July 1916 - 10th Bn struggling with muddy conditions

Rolling Casualty Count: 3498

At the Front:

1st Batt: Batt left Henencourt at 6.0am and marched to village of Dernancourt as a battery to new billets-weather wet.

2nd Batt: The raiding party was inspected by Major General HJS Landon C.B. in am.

2/7 Batt: Working in the trenches. Heavy bombardment of enemy line at 10.55am. Two machine guns entered the german trenches at night and did considerable damage with bombs. Men returned safely at 11.30pm.

10th Batt: Batt withdrew to Rycroft Av after struggling to find this trench-mud very bad. Bad shelling pm and 5 men killed and 2 wounded. At 9.0pm orders to move to Old British Line and settle in Keats Redan.

SMD RFA: A Battery arrived at Couin having been heavily shelled while evacuating at 4.30am.

On the Home Front:

City Police Court: Girl’s Theft: At the Children’s Court, Beatrice May Maud Loveland (15), messenger porter, 20, Vincent Road, was charged with stealing three blouses belonging to Mrs. W. K. Hogben, of Victoria House, Foregate Street. Mr. Hogben said that the girl had been in his employ since March last. She was wearing one of the blouses, and he asked her where she had it from and she said that her aunt had sent it to her. He told her the blouse belonged to him and there was another missing. She denied that she had taken them, but afterwards admitted that she had, and later a third blouse was found at her home. The total value of the blouses was about £1 3s. 5d…Mr. Hogben said he was reluctant to take proceedings but did so from a sense of public duty. Defendant was bound over in her own recognisances and placed under the Probation Officer.

Woman Drunk: Rose Stanton, married woman, of 72 Sidbury, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Sidbury. P.S. Steadman said she was outside her shop drunk and making a noise. She was taken in but came out and used bad language. She did not appear and a warrant for her arrest was issued.

Information researched by the WWW100 team.