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Key dates over March 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 4

28th March 1916 - 9th Battalion orders received to attack Hanna position

Rolling Casualty Count: 2827

At the Front:

2nd Batt: The bathes at Ecole des Jeunes Filles were allotted to Batt C Coy.

8th Batt: batt furnished a guard of 3 NCOs and 12 men for the C in Cat advanced GHQ at Chateau Valvion Beauquesne.

9th Batt: Orders were received that the 13th Division was to attack Hanna position. They had been practicing on accurate models of the trenches and were confident of victory.

On the Home Front:

Widespread Local Damage: Monday night’s blizzard was one of the wildest known in the Midlands for many years, and it’s character was more in keeping with the severity of the North at its worst. Rarely has the countryside presented such a bedraggled appearance. Telegraph posts are down in all directions, and the wires twisted about after the manner of the wire entanglements at the front. The storm has cut off all telephonic communication between the city and Malvern and various other places, and the telegraph is greatly interfered with. So bad was the state of affairs this morning that on several roads vehicular traffic was impossible, and even cycling was fraught with extreme difficulty…Some of the remaining elm trees on the College Green were blown down. The snow and hurricane have disorganised the train services. Motor ‘buses started from Worcester for Bromsgrove and other routes, but were held up, partly because of the depth of snow and partly because of fallen trees across the roads. Mr. G. Baynes Wetherall, F.R. Met. Soc., says “…Snow began to fall about 7pm on the 27th, and continued all night with a whole gale, equal to 65 miles an hour. ..It was an interesting sight to witness, - but one’s thoughts went out to the trenches in Belgium and France. If the weather there is like what it is and has been here our sympathies must indeed flow out to our gallant soldiers.”

Neighbours at Pinvin: Emily Clarke (30) of 2, Railway Terrace, was charged with assaulting Ellen Mayers, of 3, Railway Terrace. She pleaded not guilty. Complainant said she went to the pump in the morning, and defendant caught hold of her hair, and beat her on the back of her neck unmercifully. They had had a row about the gas. It was not the first time the defendant had assaulted her, or the second. The pump was used by the two houses. Thomas Rose, who works at Pershore Gas Work, said he was putting some gas into the house and witnessed the assault. Defendant was bound over in her own surety of £5 to keep the peace for six months.

Worcester Boy Scouts: A very pleasant evening was spent at the Parish Room, Holy Trinity, by the boys, parents, and friends of the above troop. First the boys, numbering 37, were entertained to tea by some ladies connected with the Troop and parish. After the tea the Scouts cleared the room, and put it in shape to receive the visitors. Mr. H.W. Spreckley presided and presented the various awards. He gave a very short account of the rescue by Patrol Leader Davis, which had won him a medal and certificate. A small boy, aged about 7, had fallen in the Canal close to the Gas Works, the water being very deep. The boy had been under twice, when Davis, dived in, and swam with the boy to the bank. They were both helped out by other boys who were witnesses of the whole occurrence.

Information researched by the WWW100 team