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Key dates over August 1915

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Lives lost on this day: 2

24th August 1915 - Motorcycle crash at Ledbury

Rolling casualty count: 2228

2nd Batt. German L.V.G. aeroplane came near our line at 5:35pm but did not cross.

A motorcycle collision at Ledbury has left one man dead and another seriously injured. The dead man, Norman Fisher, was an engineer working at the Kynoch's Ammunition Works in Birmingham.

A Company of 3/8th Worcestershire Regiment has been billeted in Pershore having marched from Malvern. They will be in Pershore for a week on musketry training at Tyddesley Wood range. The men shall not be served drink before noon and after 9pm.