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Key dates over September 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 10

16th September 1916 - The Hop Pole collecting depot have forwarded some 13cwt. of fruit and vegetables to the Navy.

1st Batt: The OC of Coys visited the Quarry Section of the trenches.

2nd Batt: Working parties strengthened the Garrison Defences. The men were allotted the baths.

2/7th Batt: Batt left La Gorgue and relieved the 15th West Yorks in Neuve Chapelle Right Sector.

2/8th Batt: medals were presented ar Merville by Lt Gen Sir OA Anderson KCB and the Batt was the Guard of Honour.

SMRFA: There was a successful attack on trenches still held by the germans by the 147th Brigade.

From Bombardier to Officer; Battery Quarter Master Sergeant Thomas Ernest Jew, of the R.F.A., son of Mrs. Jew, of Sansome Fields Walk, has been granted a commission in the Royal Field Artillery. He joined the Artillery about eight years’ ago, having been employed previously by the G.W.R. Company. With his battery he went to the front with the first British forces in August, 1914, as a Bombardier, and he has seen most of the fighting since, coming out of many severe engagements unscathed. By good work at the front he gradually achieved his present rank and now he has been given a commission. He is about 23 years of age, his two brothers are both in the Army and his father is in the Royal Defence Corps.

Mrs. Bodenham, of London Road, has received official news that her youngest son, Pte. Edward Charles Bodenham, of the Worcestershires, attached to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, has been wounded in the neck by shrapnel in France. He has also seen service in the Dardanelles, where he was stricken with fever.

Corporal A. E. Hill, of the A.V.C., the youngest son of Mrs. Hill, of 35, Chestnut Street, has been awarded the Military Medal. The official statement does not say why he had been awarded the medal, but presumably it was for gallantry when attached to the Worcestershire Yeomanry. He did bold and useful work at Katia. Corpl. Hill enlisted in the first week of the war. A few years ago he received a certificate of the Royal Humane Society, and a purse of gold from the Mayor for rescuing a girl from the Canal in the winter.

Gifts to the Navy: The Hop Pole collecting depot have forwarded some 13cwt. of fruit and vegetables to the Navy during the past week, the donors being the Bromyard Flower Show Committee and Mrs. Witney Williams (New Road). Further gifts of fruit and vegetables will be very acceptable.

Sailors’ Flag Day: A street collection, on behalf of the sailors, took place in Bromyard, at the instance of Lady Beatty, under the auspices of the Urban Council. Miss Hilda Dale very ably organised the affair. The efforts resulted in the sum of £7 8s. 7d. being handed to the Fund.

Pte. S. G. Marshall, of Ombersley, and attached to the Worcestershires, was wounded in five places on August 22nd, after being about a fortnight at the front. He joined on January 1st, 1914, and served at Suvla Bay. In August last year he was unofficially reported missing. This proved unfounded,. But he was wounded on Christmas Day and admitted to hospital with a wound, frozen feet, and fever. He recovered after about four months’ treatment and was on home service until sent to the front again. He is now in the Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, doing well.

Content researched by the Worcestershire World War 100 project team.