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Key dates over July 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 7

24th July 1916 - Fatal Accident on Malvern Hill

Rolling Casualty Count: 3909

At the Front:

1st Batt: a mixed draft of Oxford and bucks, Glos and Berks joined the Batt, now a strength of 350 men.

2nd Batt: A draft of 74 men arrived pm.

4th Batt: Men washing clothes am. CO inspected the Lewis guns and the teams. Bombers were taken for instruction pm.

2/7th batt: 2/6 Glos sent a party to retrieve their dead and batt supplied the working parties to bury them.

2/8th Batt: Batt took over trenches from the 8th Worcs reg.

On the Home Front:

Worcester Territorial: Mrs. Andrews, of Bridge House, Mill Street, has received letters from a chaplain with the forces and an officer of one of the Worcestershire Territorial Battalions stating that her older son, Pte Joseph Andrews, has been wounded in both shoulders with shrapnel. It is stated that the wounds are not serious. Pte Andrews has a brother (Jack) in the same Battalion.

Pte William Bayliss: Mr. Bayliss, Hairdresser, Little Angel Street, has received official information that his son, Pte. William Bayliss, Worcestershire Regt. Was killed in action on the 5th inst. Pte Bayliss enlisted just after the outbreak of war, and was wounded at the Battle of Loos, after which he was home for a short leave. He was 20 years of age, and spent two birthdays in the trenches.

Fatal Accident on Malvern Hill: On Saturday afternoon Frederick Bullock (11), of Coventry, who visited Malvern with a number of choir boys, was badly injured by a fall on the North Hill. He started to run down a steep slope and was unable to stop. He was taken to Malvern Hospital, where he died on Sunday. An inquest will be held.

Information researched by the WWW100 team.