Skip to navigation | Skip to content | Skip to footer

Key dates over July 1917

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Lives lost on this day: 1

3rd July 1917 - Worcester Youth Drowned

Rolling casualty count: 6697

War Front:

2nd Batt: At 7am the Batt marched to Hedauville arriving at 12.30pm. 38 men fell out on the way. Billets good but very dirty.

1/8th Batt: Batt relieved by 8th East Yorks and marched to Fremicourt and then at 6pm marched to Achiet-le Petit. Owing to the overpowering heat, 40 men fell out

2/8th Batt: Major HW Davies re-joined from Senior Officer Training School at Aldershot.

Home Front:

The death took place, on Friday, of the Rev. R.A. Arden-Davies, who some years ago was the Curate of St. John’s. He left Worcester on being appointed Vicar of Clevedon, which living he recently resigned because of ill-health, going to reside at Bournemouth, where his death took place. While at St. John’s he took great interest in its gymnasium and in its cricket club, for which latter he was a good wicket keeper and batsman.

Worcester Youth Drowned: On Monday evening a youth, named Arthur William Glazzard, of 8 Lock Street, a solderer, was drowned whilst bathing in the Severn at the Dog and Duck Ferry. Details of the fatality are not yet to hand, but it is believed that the youth was wearing a pair of water wings, which gave way. The body was recovered by Mr. A. Webb, Bathing Barge Attendant.

Local Officers Decorated: At an investiture held at Buckingham Palace on Saturday His Majesty conferred decorations on the following members of the Worcestershire Regiment: The Distinguished Service Order: Lieutenant – Colonel A. Johnston; The Military Cross: Captain F. Tooze and Second-Lieutenant G. Jones.

At the City Police Court today, Albert Day (17) vanman, 20 Sandys Lane, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing from two parcels in a delivery van whilst in transit from Foregate Street Station and the Worcester and Malvern Laundry, St. George’s Lane, the sum of 4s. 6d. belonging to the G.W.R., his employers.

To the Editor: Sir, - May I trespass a little upon your valuable space on behalf of the woes of our little village, which shall be nameless, but it is considered one of historical interest? We go six weeks or more before a coal waggon comes near us, and the only way we can obtain coal is either to send to Worcester, six miles, to meet with “nothing under 10cwt.,” or the alternative of pushing a wheelbarrow 2½ miles out (five miles for 1cwt. of coal) and consider ourselves lucky if it can be obtained! Trusting this little wail will bring us a little redress – I am not optimistic. A PARTICIPANT.

Children’s Court: Alexander Hayes (10), Ernest Hayes (8), Edward Noke (10), and John Harrison (8), all of Hylton Road, were summoned by Miss L. Maund, of 2 School Walk, Tybridge Street, for stealing a quantity of cherries from a garden in the Oldbury Road, also at the same place, with wilful damage to a hedge, peas, potatoes and cherries, to the extent of 10s. The parents said that their boys were in the garden only about half-an-hour, and they maintained that most of the damage was done by big youths from 15 to 18 on the previous Sunday afternoon. The Chief Constable said that the elder Hayes was whipped for an offence some time ago. The Bench fined each boy 1s. on each charge and said that had the bigger boys been there they would have dealt with them very severely.

Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team