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Key dates over October 1917

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Lives lost on this day: 3

6th October 1917 - ELGAR’S THE SPIRIT OF ENGLAND

Rolling casualty count: 7719

War Front:

1st Batt: Batt supplied working parties of 2 Coys nightly carrying R E material to the Front Line.

2nd Batt: Batt marched to Wizernes Station at 8.40am and entrained at 10.30am for Bailleul, arriving at 1pm. Batt then marched to camp at Wheal camp, about 400 yards south of Neuve Eglise. HQ and officers were in huts but rest of Batt were in tents.

2/7th batt: Coy training and working parties at Levis barracks. Lt JH Robinson went to hospital sick.

4th Batt: Batt marched to Roussel camp at 9am. CO and Intelligence Officer went to reconnoitre the trenches.

Home Front:

SEVERN CONSERVATORS – Chepstow Schemes and Fisheries – The important matter discussed at Thursday’s meeting of the Severn Board of Conservators was the effect of the proposed ship building scheme at Beachley near Chepstow and the effect on the salmon fisheries. Mr J Willis Bund, the Chairman, introduced the subject with a remark as to the extreme importance of obtaining definite information before expressing an opinion. In addition to the ship building works at Chepstow, the Government had acquired a piece of land between the Severn and the Wye, called the Beachley peninsular and had served notices on people to give up the same. It is understood that that Government intends to erect large docks there.

ELGAR’S THE SPIRIT OF ENGLAND – Performance of First Part – Elgar and his publishers paid Birmingham and Mr Appleby Matthews a great compliment in allowing the one to hear and the other to give the first performance in England of “The Fourth of August” – the first in order of the three works that together make up “The Spirit of England”, but the last to be published. As the “Carillon” was also given at last night’s concert, we had Elgar’s full contribution to the emotional history of these tense and mournful times.

Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team