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Key dates over December 1917

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Lives lost on this day: 8

5th December 1917 - Col Hankey And The City – Proposed Presentation Of Freedom

Rolling casualty count: 8357

War Front:

2nd Batt: Batt relieved in support by the 4th Suffolks and moved back down Mule Track and Zonnebeke Road to St Jean Camp.

4th Batt: Batt relieved by Royal Irish rifles at about 4am after long delays and made its way in parties down the Hindenburg Line to the Transport Lines near Ribecourt, where a hot meal was served. Then men went to bivouacs at Etricourt where they rested. At 7pm, Batt entrained for Mondicourt but were derailed by shellfire near Bapaume. Batt transferred to another train and arrived in Mondicourt at 9am, where breakfast was served.

2/7th Batt: Batt relieved in the evening by 2/1st Bucks (184th Brigade) and moved to support line east of Havringcourt Wood.

2/8th Batt: Lt S Muller, MORC was wounded. Batt relieved by 2/1st Bucks and returned to Havringcourt Wood. 3 other ranks to CCS.

10th Batt: Batt training in attack formation, bombing and specialist intensive training. There was a football match for Batt v 8 North Staffs, the final in the Brigade Association Football - result Batt 3, North Staffs nil. Eight silver bugles were presented to the Batt by Miss Hemp. They will be presented to the Line Batts in demobilisation of this Batt.

Home Front:

Col Hankey And The City – Proposed Presentation Of Freedom – The Members of the City Council were summoned to a special meeting of the Corporation this afternoon to consider the question of admitting as an honorary freeman of the City of Worcester, Major Edward Hankey, the Worcestershire Regiment, of the White House, Red Hill, Worcester.

Pershore Women’s Institute – Address by Lady Denman – There was a large attendance at a meeting held at the Masonic Hall, Pershore on Monday afternoon, at which Lady Denman advocated the development and extension of the Women’s Institutes movement as a means of making rural life more attractive and prosperous.

Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team