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Key dates over November 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 4

21st November 1916 - Fatal grenade accident

Rolling casualty count: 4991

2nd Batt: Batt practised “moving to a standing point,” and assault in waves.

4th Batt: Batt relieved by the 1st Essex reg and marched to Carnoy Camp, having hot tea on the way. There were good elephant huts for the men with a brazier in each one. There were 30 cases of trench foot and each Coy was given a bottle of whale oil per day. Men were ordered to remove their boots every day.

2/7th Batt: batt relieved by the 9th batt Sherwood Foresters and went to huts in Aveluy. Seven officers and 2 other ranks joined from Base.

10th Batt: Batt moved to billets at Warloy. Batt now back to 440 strong.

SMD RFA: Constant firing by our men as there was an German relief taking place

.Home Front:

The Bishop of Worcester has returned to England from the Convention of the American Episcopal Church, where he represented the Church of England. “The Pilgrims” entertained him in New York before his departure.

Grenade Explodes at Lecture: While a live rifle grenade was being handled after a lecture, on Monday, it exploded, killing two soldiers and seriously injuring seven others, two of whom are expected not to recover. The two soldiers killed were Pte. Goode and Pte. Harrison. It is stated that after the lecture, which was given in a church schoolroom, one of the men pulled the pin out of the grenade, which exploded immediately.

Puddings for Soldiers, Ombersley: At the Brotherhood and Sisterhood on Wednesday and Thursday evenings £3-11s. was raised for a Pudding Fund for the men at the front.

Infirmary: Week ending 18th November: In the House – men 24, women 26, children 13, wounded soldiers 38, Royal Engineers 5, other patients 4 – total 110.

Christmas Cheer for Worcester Robins: Dear Sir – Will you kindly permit me once more – this is the 13th year – to appeal to your readers for funds for the purposes of feeding a number of delicate, lame, and very poor children, scattered over the city, with a least one good meal, and a fire to cook it, on Christmas Day? As these children are not responsible for the way in which their parent or parents spend their money, little or much, I shall be glad on their behalf to receive rabbits, flour, groceries, meat, bones for broth-making, bread, vegetables, or money donations. On receipt of a postcard from an intending giver, I would gladly call for the gift. Left-off clothes would be welcome. John Thomas Hurry, Secretary, Worcester City, District, and General Mission.

Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team