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Key dates over October 1916

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Lives lost on this day: 5

1st October 1916 - Row over price of milk

Rolling casualty count: 4467

1st Batt: Batt in support trench, Quarries section, Hohenzollern trench. Weather vey wet.

2nd Batt: general cleaning up after Church Parade in the Court of the Chateau.

3rd Batt: batt: in Brigade reserve north of Ovillers.

4th Batt: Batt in Ypres Salient. One of our planes brought down 2 German observation balloons in flames. Many “A” frames were put in the Sunken Road and in saps leading to the craters.

1/8th Batt: Batt marched to Mondicourt after 2 hours' notice.

2/7th Batt: Batt in trenches at Neuve Chapelle.

2/8th Batt: Batt at La Fosse in billets.

10th Batt: Batt resting after Church Parade.

SMD RFA: Batt in the field but relieved in the evening.

Yeomanry/Cavalry: Reg in Hassaniyah. Water is very brackish and horses do not like it. Water found to be purer nearer the sea so fresh wells were dug on the sea-shore.

Missing for a Year – Pte Frank Foster, Oxford and Bucks, the son of Mr and Mrs Foster, Drakes Broughton, has been missing since September 1915 and went out in July the same year. He was previously employed by the G.W.R. Company as a shunter. He is aged 25 and unmarried.

Trouble of Price of Milk – Interesting developments ap0pear probable, says the “Daily Express” in consequence of a dispute between dairy farmers and milk sellers. It is reported from Chelford, one of the largest milk producing centres in Cheshire, that milk dealers have intimated that they would not pay an increase of 3d a gallon demanded by the farmers. It is stated that the farmers are determined to obtain the higher price or cease sending supplies, while some farmers threaten to sell their stocks. Leading members of the Milk Producer’s Association advise the making of cheese instead of selling the milk and there are indications that many farmers will follow this advice.

Information researched by the Worcestershire World War 100 team