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Key dates over December 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 4

6th December 1916 - Meat, game and poultry to be restricted under DORA

2nd Batt: Batt billeted in trench huts near Bray, taking over from West Yorks Reg. These were quite dry.

4th Batt: Batt relieved Royal Dublin Fusiliers in front of the line at Les Beoufs, each Coy to a different trench, Ozone, Bennett, Fall Autumn, winter, Frosty and Cow trenches. Work on the communication trenches was carried out.

2/8th Batt: Working parties furnished to support the Front Line.

SMD RFA: HQ is now near Pozieres. A, B,C and D Coys are near Martin Puich

Home Front:

Former Malvern Curate Charged – Headmaster’s Case for Trial – The case of the Rev. Dr William Helman Flecker D.C.L. J.P. Gloucester, described as of Dean Close School, Cheltenham (who was formerly a curate at Malvern), is accused of stealing books and other articles from the Army and Navy Stores, was mentioned by Sir Wallace in his charge at the Grand Jury at London Sessions on Tuesday. Dr Flecker was a man of hitherto irreproachable character. He gathered up the property and walked out of the place without paying. He carried a considerable sum of money, the defence being that he forgot to pay owing to inadvertence. If the Grand Jury considered on the extraordinary nature of the evidence, that Dr Flecker had no intention of theft, they would throw out the bill. A true bill was returned.

Meatless Days – Prohibition Order Coming – It is proposed shortly to make a further order prohibiting both in places of public eating and in private houses the consumption on certain days of meat, poultry and game. This announcement so long discussed as a possibility of the economic situation, was added to the statement issued on Tuesday night by the Press Bureau. The Board of Trade on Tuesday made an Order under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, regulating meals in hotels, restaurants and other places of public eating.

Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team