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Key dates over October 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 7

20th October 1916 - Opening night for Glee Club season

Rolling casualty count: 4657

1st Batt: Batt in the trenches. One man was killed and 6 were wounded and 1 missing.

4th Batt: relief of the Batt difficult as it was still raining and Germans were shelling continuously. Men went to bivouacs at Bernefay Camp.

2/7th Batt: Batt left billets and went back to trench routine.

2/8th Batt: Batt relieved from trenches. B Coy raided the enemy parapets but could not enter the trenches. Three men were killed and 11 wounded. A draft of 150 men came from Base.

Yeomanry/Cavalry: The southern slopes up to 1-200 feet were easy slopes but to the north they dropped almost sheer. Horses could be ridden up the south slopes and after a little practice, they tobogganed down by sitting on their haunches in the soft sand. Men had to leave the horse`s head free.

Worcester Glee Club – Opening Concert of the Season - The opening Concert of the Season was held on Wednesday night when an excellent programme of instrumental music was provided by the Conductor (A. Quartermain). It opened with a delightful performance of the “Poet and Peasant” overture. Next came the choice “Chanson de Nuit” (Elgar), which was exquisitely played. THE “Mikado” selection was as popular as ever and here various instruments played solos exceedingly well.

Worcester Guardians – The Clothing of a Girl - There was a dispute between the Matron and the Cottage Homes as to whether a girl at the Cottage Homes, suffering from consumption, was last Easter taken from the Homes to the Workhouse (and thence to Newtown Hospital) with only a blanket wrapped around her, or whether she was fully dressed and then covered by a blanket. The matter arose over an application being made to the Master for the girl’s clothes. The Master denied that the girl had clothes on. She was put to bed in the Infirmary ward until moved to Newtown.

Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team