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Key dates over May 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 10

22nd May 1916 - 1st Battalion counter attack at Vimy Ridge

Rolling Casualty Count: 3159

At the Front:

1st Batt: There was a counter attack at Vimy Ridge by the 2nd Division.

2nd Batt: Some of the heats for the Boxing Competition were held but not completed because of the rain

3rd Batt: The batt relieved the remnants of the 10th Cheshires

4th Batt :CO visited Forts Prowse and Moulin. A few shells fell at Fort Prowse. Late evening there was a heavy bombardment by the Germans on the left followed by retaliation from British Trenches.

Yeomanry /Cavalry: At 7.00pm the Brigade left the Bivouac Camp and marched 9 miles to Gamli where it bivouacked west of the Wadi with the other Brigades.

On the Home Front:

Summer Time: Now that the Summer Time Act is in operation the unanimous verdict is its simplicity. The big push with the clocks was carried out on Saturday evening in the most matter-of-fact way, and the only amusing incidents in this respect in Worcester, as in other places, were caused by the different times at which this hour was stolen. At the Victoria Institute the clock was moved on before the officials left for the weekend, but the Post Office and other official clocks were not tampered with until the regulation hour – 2am on Sunday. Thus, instead of the two or three minutes’ disparity between the two we had an hour and two or three minutes. This caused mild entertainment for a number of girls, who ran from one to the other. Exactly a similar state of affairs was seen in High Street. Messrs. Birley’s clock was altered when the shop was closed, but the Market Hall clock remained true to the sun time for the evening. But these were small diversions, the general scheme of alteration was a complete success.

Body found in Severn: On Monday evening some children playing on the landing stage at the Ketch Ferry were pulling at a cord attached to a boat when they drew above the water a man’s leg. They ran to the Ketch Inn, and informed Mr. Robinson, the landlord, and Mr. John Payton, and he went to the landing stage and pulled up the body. He found that it was that of a man of the working class, and one of his legs was tied by a cord to the boat. The body has been identified as that of Ebenezer Humphreys, who was 65 years of age.

Drowned in Stoke Pound: John Perrygrove (17), living at Worcester Street, was bathing in the canal at Stoke Pound, near Bromsgrove, on Sunday, when he was drawn into deep water by the wash of a passing barge. He could not swim. His companion’s efforts to save him were unsuccessful. Perrygrove’s brother died of wounds a year ago. His father is on active service.

Information researched by the WWW100 team.