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Key dates over September 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 6

2nd September 1916 - Married woman steals 12 boots with a perambulator

1st Batt: Enemy fairly quiet but weather very changeable.

2nd Batt: men marched from Talmas to Ribeacourt, 12 miles, having dinner en route. About 40 men dropped out but reached billets later.

3rd batt: batt moved to dugouts near Black Horse Ridge by Authville.

4th: Work was done on new quarters for servants and orderlies at Batt HQ at Ypres.

10th Batt: The baths at Drancourt were allotted to the batt.

Angling: Weather and water has been in favour of the angler this week, one wet day excepted. Never near so many anglers have sought the waterside, and sport has not been of the best. A few good catches have been recorded in the Severn, the best, F. Robers 9lbs. roach and dace, with wheat for bait.

Twelve Pairs of Boots: Elizabeth Alice Minton (30), married woman, 17, Lower Chestnut Walk, was charged with stealing twelve pairs of boots, valued at £6 9s. 6d., the property of James William Noake, boot and shoe dealer, 6, St. Swithin Street. Mr. Noake stated that for some time past the prisoner had been coming to his shop almost daily, and either making purchases or enquiries. She generally brought a perambulator with her. He had missed boots from his shop for some time, and he identified the 12 pairs of boots at the Police Station as having been stolen from his shop…The Bench said the prisoner had committed a very serious offence, and the only fact that had saved her from imprisonment was that she had a young child who would have to go to prison with her. She would be fined £2 on each charge.

Content researched by the Worcestershire World War 100 project team