Skip to navigation | Skip to content | Skip to footer


Key dates over May 1916

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: 5

17th May 1916 - Complaints about 'Gangs of young hooligans on Foregate Street'

Rolling Casualty Count: 3141

At the Front:

3rd Batt: Batt was relieved by the 10th Cheshires. The Germans repeatedly attacked the billets at St Eloy with gas shells and Batt spent many uncomfortable hours in gas masks.

On the Home Front:

To the Editor: Foregate Street “Promenade.” Dear Sir, I think it is about time the attention of the authorities was called to the present state of Foregate Street at night, particularly on Sundays, as it is a disgrace to any civilised town. It is almost an impossibility for anyone walking on the footpath in anything like comfort owing to the gangs of young hooligans of both sexes who make a practice of parading up and down all night, while their conduct and language are not fit for the lowest parts of Whitechapel. Surely our police have powers to put a stop to this sort of thing – a few stiff fines, which their parents would have to pay, would probably keep some of them off the streets. DISGUSTED.

Worcester Many Killed: Mrs. Brighton, of No. 3 Court, 11 House, Dolday, has received information of the death of her son, Corporal C.H. Brighton, of the Grenadier Guards. The Matron of the hospital, writing to inform the mother, says that Corpl. Brighton’s leg was so badly wounded that it was found necessary to amputate it to try and save his life, but it was hopeless. She adds: “I truly sympathise with you, for he was such a good patient and so brave and cheerful.” A letter of sympathy from the Chaplain stated that he was buried on May 13th. Corpl. Brighton was aged 20 and had seen a good deal of fighting.

Death of Mr. H. Phipps: The death took place this morning, at his residence in Malvern Road, of Mr. Henry Phipps. Mr. Phipps, who was 79 years of age, had been ill for nearly a year. He was well-known in the city, and for about nine years represented St. John’s Ward on the Board of Guardians. He was a native of Worcester, and in his early years he worked at the works on the site now occupied by Heenan and Froude’s works. About 1870, he went to America and was engaged in bridge building. He returned to England about 1890 and kept the Whitehall Inn for several years. He built houses at Rainbow Hill and was the first to build on the Vernon Park estate. He leaves a widow and one son.

County Police and Their Pensions: A meeting of the Standing Joint Committee of this county is convened for Saturday next, when the Chairman will move: “That in future officers qualified for pension, who give written notice to the Chief Constable to retire on pension but continue to serve for the duration of the war, shall only pay the nominal sum of 1s. per annum to the Pension Fund. That the service of any member of the Police Force in H.M. Forces during this war shall count as approved service for pension, and also towards the statutory rise of pay; but that the latter shall not take effect until his return.”

Information researched by the WWW100 team.