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Key dates over September 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 7

1st September 1916 - Col Kitching gives account of Salvation Army in the theatre of war

1st Batt: Batt holding Front Line trenches in Hohenzollern Section with A, C and D Coys in front.

2nd Batt: Batt marched 6 miles from Molleens to Talmas, reaching barracks at 11.30pm. A Batt in bivouacs near Bouzincourt.

4th Batt: Batt at Ypres and 130 men worked under the Royal engineers on different parts of the line. Our aeroplanes were active all day. The gas alarm went off at 10.30pm but it was a false alarm.

2/7th Batt: Batt relieved by the 2/8th Worcs in Moated grange, Right sector, and went to billets at Riez Bailleul.

2/8th Batt: Batt took over trenches from 2/7th Worcs in Moated Grange.

10th Batt: A draft of 14 men was received by batt at Brigade Reserve. Working parties of 1 officer and 90 men and 1 officer and 60 men were found daily at 8pm and 7am daily.

SMD RFA: Brigade in the field making preparations for an attack on the 3rd September.

Yeomanry/Cavalry: Regiment at Kantara, Base Camp of the Regiment. Numbers of trained officers severely depleted, especially senior ranks, so officers were brought in from France.

Col. Kitching, who was Assistant Secretary to General Booth, and is now in charge of the international work of the Salvation Army, who has recently been spending a considerable time in Russia, will on Sunday, at the Worcester Barracks, give a lecture on the operations of the Salvation Army in the various theatres of war.

Mr. A. N. Bubb, of Ceylon House, Malvern Link, has been awarded the second prize in a bottled gooseberry competition promoted by "The Smallholder," and has been congratulated by the Editor of that publication upon the excellent way in which the fruit was bottled.

Malvern Troop of Boy Scouts: Mr. Russell Bishop has been very fortunate in getting Mr. B. W. Steel to help carry on his work with the Scouts while he is away. Mr. Steel has had 20 years' experience with boys' organisations so the Scouts will be lucky to have the benefit of his experience…Mr. Hogger will undertake the rifle shooting each week, and Mrs. Russell Bishop has promised to look after the ambulance and musical part.

Pte. Harold Chance, a Worcester Territorial, son of Mrs. Chance, of 14, Little Chestnut Street writes that he is wounded. He says his left arm is broken; he has two bad wounds in his arm and some little ones on his back. He says they are all doing well, and that he is being well looked after. He hopes to be sent to England soon.

Content researched by the Worcestershire World War 100 team.