Daily Diary, October 9, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 1 Private Samuel Hughes - Ninth Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 10, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2 Private Leonard George Davies - Ninth Battalion. Private J Hopley - First Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 11, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2 Privates Joseph Gwilliam & Thomas Hill - Ninth Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 12, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 3 Private A Cox - Second Battalion. Private W Jenkins - Fourth Battalion. Private H J Phelps - Ninth Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 13, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 6 Private W F Hale & Sergeant Arthur Maund - Second Battalion. Second Lieutenant Eric Peter Lester - 13th Battalion att Second Battalion. Private F Wainwright - Fourth Battalion....
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 14, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 5 Private G Albutt - 12th Battalion. Private S Calvey - Ninth Battalion. Private W Edwards & Sergeant J Smart - Fourth Battalion. Private John Alfred Houghton - Second Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 15, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 4 Private J Bannister - Fourth Battalion. Privates William Barber & George Jewkes and Lance Corporal F J Povey - Ninth Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 16, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2 Privates D Davis & J Jewkes - Fourth Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 17, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 1 Lieutenant D H W Greenway - 13th Battalion att Fourth Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 18, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 5 Privates E Beech & S G Wordley - Fourth Battalion. Private G Farnell - Ninth Battalion. Private S Jones - First Battalion. Private J C Turner - Second Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 19, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2 Corporal J C Green - Fourth Battalion. Private F J Preston - Second Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 20, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2 Captain G E G McClellan - Second Battalion. Private L Willett - Third Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 26, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 3 Private E C Coleman - Third Battalion. Lieutenant R Hartley - Tenth Battalion. Private G Slights - Ninth Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 28, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2 Lance Corporal A Newell - Tenth Battalion. Private T Tolley - Fourth Battalion.
View ArticleSussex man's search for relatives of Worcester soldier killed in First World War
A SEARCH has been launched to track down any relatives of a Worcester soldier killed in the First World War when serving with the Honourable Artillery Company.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 29, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 1 Sergeant T Partridge - Third Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 30, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 2 Private J Davies - Fourth Battalion. Private J Stevens - Ninth Battalion.
View ArticleDaily Diary, October 31, 1915
LOCAL CASUALTIES: 4 Privates H Fielding & W J Smyth - Ninth Battalion. Lance Corporal J Homer - Fourth Battalion. Private H Samuels - Tenth Battalion.
View ArticleBooklet catalogues a generation's sacrifice
AT 11am on Wednesday, November 11, the nation will pause to mark the moment in 1918 the guns fell silent to end the First World War.
View ArticleA leading pacifist's sorrow at the death of her Worcestershire Regiment...
A 1933 book written by feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain included a tribute to a young Worcestershire Regiment officer who died 100 years ago during the First World War.
View ArticleOutnumbered ten to one, they fought on. Exhibition to mark the bravery of the...
A MAJOR military exhibition, which will run for more than two months, is to be held in Worcester to mark one of the most heroic episodes in the history of the Worcestershire Yeomanry.
View ArticleMajor First World War exhibition opens in time for Easter at Hartlebury Castle
AN exhibition has opened at Hartlebury Castle showing the role the fortified manor house played as an emergency hospital during the First World War.
View ArticleWreath laying to remember bravery of young Worcestershire Regiment officer...
A WREATH laying ceremony is to take place in Worcester on Saturday to honour a much decorated young First World War officer of the Worcestershire Regiment.
View ArticleCeremony to honour Worcestershire Somme soldier's bravery
A WREATH laying ceremony is to take place in Worcester to honour the bravery of a local soldier during the opening exchanges of the First World War Battle of the Somme.
View ArticleSomme film Worcester showings feature war historian talks
THE pioneering film made in 1916 about the Battle of the Somme is lined up for four more showings in Worcester, two of which will be accompanied by talks by war historians.
View ArticleWorcester Cathedral exhibition to commemorate First World War soldiers
AN exhibition is taking place in Worcester Cathedral this month to commemorate the soldiers killed in the First World War who feature in its cloister windows.
View ArticleFollow Woodbine Willie across Worcester on free heritage trail
A HERITAGE trail that follows the life and times of First World War hero Woodbine Willie across Worcester has been launched to coincide with school half term.
View ArticleFrom little acorns do memorials grow
JOURNALIST and Worcester News columnist John Phillpott has planted a unique oak sapling in the city's Gheluvelt Park.
View ArticlePoppies will fall in Worcester to mark Remembrance Day
A SERIES of events is to take place at The Hive in Worcester as part of the Worcestershire World War One Hundred Programme to commemorate Armistice Day.
View ArticleRemembering the fallen at the Battle of the Somme
The FIRST World War Battle of the Somme claimed the lives of many sons of Worcestershire and now a century on The Somme Project has brought their stories to life.
View ArticleThe People’s Collection – Your County Needs You!
NOW is the time to search your attics and cellars to help create a long-lasting legacy of your ancestors' role in the First World War.
View ArticleArmistice Day: Two minutes' silence held at Worcester Cathedral war memoral
THERE was a large gathering to mark Armistice Day in Worcester.
View ArticleTireless 99-year-old Beatrice Furlong who raises hundreds through her...
A TIRELESS 99-year-old has helped raise hundreds for this year's Poppy Appeal by making her own special knitted poppies.
View ArticleLetter of the day: supporting our overworked hospital staff
SIR – I write regarding your front page article (December 21) in respect of a 79-year-old lady who was kept in the A&E for 16 hours before any attention was given to her.
View ArticleTuesday's traffic and travel
NO major traffic problems are rpeoprted in Worcester this morning.
View Article60-year promise kept as Commonwealth war heroes remembered
Dozens of Commonwealth war heroes were honoured at a remembrance service built on a promise kept for more than half a century.
View ArticleFighter ace's 'grave' propeller returns to Flanders Fields
Royal Flying Corps hero's propeller grave marker to be loaned to In Flanders Fields Museum
View ArticleMayor to unveil memorial for fallen of WWI's Battle of Gheluvelt
The memorial will be unveiled in Belgium by the Mayor of Worcester, Cllr Adrian Gregson
View ArticleWWI propeller grave marker of fighter ace now in Flanders museum
Curator describes moment he handed over propeller grave marker of homegrown fighter face to overseas museum
View ArticleCentury old memorial new home is Pershore Cemetery Chapel
The memorial may have now found its permanent home.
View ArticleMP Robin Walker attends Battle of Gheluvelt remembrance service
Last Sunday, MP Robin Walker along with a host of other local civil servants paid their respects in the 109th anniversary Battle of Gheluvelt remembrance service.
View ArticleVoices of the Great War at The Hive in Worcester
The presentation has been organised by The Battle of Worcester Society
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