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Key dates over October 1917

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Lives lost on this day: 3

17th October 1917 - GIPSIES FIGHT NEAR WORCESTER

Rolling casualty count: 7940

War Front:

1st Batt: Classes were formed for specialist training for bombing, Lewis gunners and Rifle Grenadiers.

2nd Batt: Batt relieved by the 1st Queens. B Coy remained in reserve to the Queens owing to their weakness in numbers, D Coy went into Batt Support at Bethlehem Farm. A and C Coys went into dug-outs at Bristol Castle, close to North Midland Farm with Batt HQ.

1/8th Batt: Batt relieved the 27th Canadian Infantry in trenches north east of Vimy.

2/8th Batt: Batt in the Line. Corona Support shelled. Lt NVH Symons and 2 other ranks wounded.

3rd Batt: Batt relieved the 8th Loyal Lancs. The 19th Cheshires were on the right and the Portuguese on the left.

4th Batt: Instructional courses for NCOs, Lewis gunners, signallers and scouts.

10th Batt: Batt relieved by 8th Glos in the Line and went to Spoil Bank. 2nd Lt Bice and 5 other ranks wounded. 2nd Lt FGJ Brake joined Batt.

Home Front:

GIPSIES FIGHT NEAR WORCESTER – Investigation at the Shirehall – The gipsy tangle was again before the Worcester County Justices on Wednesday. A series of charges were heard arising out of a quarrel between gipsies in the hopyard at Beauchamp Court, Callow End about three weeks ago. There were a dozen or so people involved in the charges, which varied from assault to unlawful wounding. They were divided into two factions and most of them go by the name of Smith. This added to the confusion which so many charges and counter-charges produced.

MILITARY HONOURS – Local Awards – Military Cross - Sec Lieut W Beaman, Lieut (Act Capt) H Evers, Sec Lieut. J Willis – Worcestershire Regiment BAR TO M.M. Pte J Harvey, Worcs Regt., Kidderminster – Military Medal – Pte J Bateman, M.G.C., Worcester, Sergt T Bell, Sergt T Boulton, Sergt R Buncle, Pte S Coles, Pte R Evers, Pte A Fisher, Sgt S Hawthorne, Worcestershire Regiment.

Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team