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Key dates over July 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 11

18th July 1916 - 2nd Bn suffer constant shelling, but little damage

Rolling Casualty Count: 3780

At the Front:

1st Batt: Inspected by CO of the 8th Division.

2nd batt: At 9,0pm Batt moved down Mametz Rd and relieved the 12th Northumberland Fusiliers of the 21st division at the north edge of Mametz Wood.

3rd Batt: batt relieved from trenches by 7th Warwicks and marched to Forceville to billets for the night.

4th Batt: batt relieved by Border Reg after dinner and marched to Achieux Wood and into huts. Officers concerned with the raid visited trenches and raiding party left in motor bus at 5.25pm, the CO meeting them at Engelbelmer.

On the Home Front:

State of the Roads: Dear Sir, I should like to draw the attention of the City authorities to the bad state of the Worcester roads. I was cycling down the New Road on Friday evening, and was violently jerked (nearly off my machine), with the result that my lamp was jolted off the machine and extinguished owing to a large dip in the road. These places in the roads are apt to cause serious injury to cyclists and motor cyclists, and more so to anyone who is not an experienced rider. Hoping this will have earliest attention. PRO BONO PUBLICO.

The Enemy Alien Question: The Chairman of the Worcestershire Standing Joint Committee made reference to a presentation made by the Grand Jury at the last County Quarter Sessions, in which they advised the internment of all enemy aliens. This, said Mr. Bund, was easier said than done. At the beginning of the war, when the Aliens’ Restriction Act came into force, there were 169 aliens registered in this county. That number was, on the 1st July, increased to 251 but there were now only 73, the remainder having either been interned or sent back to their own countries. Of the 73 adults, 18 were males and 46 females, and there were nine children. Of the males there were three Austrians, 13 Germans, one Hungarian, and one Turk. All of them had obtained from the Home Secretary exemption from internment, consequently nothing could be done further except by special order from the Home Secretary.

National Egg Collection: Six hundred and seventy-six eggs were received at the Guildhall during the week ending Saturday, as against 727 the previous week.

Regimental Comforts Fund Fete: At the fete at Boughton on Thursday, the Wireless Section of the Royal Engineers will give a display of erecting, working, and taking down a wireless station. The grounds will be opened at 2 o’clock, and the opening ceremony will take place at 2.30.

No Control: Charles Alfred Watt, 5, Friar Street, was charged with being the owner of a dog and not having control over it while on Pitchcroft. P.C. Wynne gave evidence, and defendant was fined 2s. 6d.

Information researched by the WWW100 team.