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Key dates over October 1917

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Lives lost on this day: 7

3rd October 1917 - CITY COAL SUPPLIES – A GRAVE OUTLOOK

Rolling casualty count: 7698

War Front:

1st Batt: Machine gun fire was considerable at night. Nearly 2 complete belts of wire were put out by the Batt.

2nd Batt: Batt allotted the baths at Blarninghem.

1/7th Batt: 2nd Lt FL Green re-joined from AGID Depot( Instructor.) 2nd Lt WN Twist granted 21 days of sick leave. 4 other ranks wounded.

1/8th Batt: D Coy re-joined Batt at Brake Camp and baths were allotted to men. There was an inspection of Lewis Guns by the CO. A Coy held 100 with officers and NCOs in readiness to move at short notice for working parties. B Coy detailed a party of 1 Sgt and 19 other ranks for work on the Canal Bank. C Coy found 1 officer and 2 platoons for stretcher-bearing.

4th Batt: Working parties of 150 sent to Boesinghe to lay cables. 2 Coys went to the baths.

14th Batt: Batt entrained at Tinques and went northward to Houpoutre.

Yeomanry/Cavalry: The remainder of the 5th Mounted Brigade arrived in the front line.

Home Front:

CITY POLICE DISCIPLINE – QUESTIONS AT COUNCIL MEETING – Unanswered by Watch Committee – At today’s meeting of the City Council the Mayor (Ald. A Carlton) said that he had received two letters with reference to the resignation of Inspector Smith, of the City Police Force. He had taken the advice of the Town Clerk and had also consulted the Committee. The Town Clerk advised that the matter was over which the Council had no control. It was entirely in the control of the Watch Committee, which was a statutory Committee with full power in matters of police discipline. Ald. Constance expressed regret that such matters should not be allowed to be debated in public. It was a matter of serious importance.

CITY COAL SUPPLIES – A GRAVE OUTLOOK The Coal Supply Committee reported that since their appointment by the purposes Committee, they had been taking steps to secure the delivery of the 1,000 tons of coal which the Council wished to acquire for use of the citizens during the winter and further to secure the supply to the city coal merchants of such quantities of coal as they will require for the supply of their customers. As regards the stock of emergency coal, the Committee ascertained that only 500 tons were being allotted to towns of about 50,000 inhabitants and they had had an offer to supply 200 tons of Cannon coal, as the first instalment of the 500 tons allotted to the City.

Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team