LOCAL CASUALTIES: 3
Captain Martin Raymond Carr (unknown), Private Victor Joseph Meese 10065 and Second Lieutenant Frederick Fleming Smythe (unknown) - all Second Battalion.
ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 43
The Second Battalion remained in advanced positions during the day. Very heavily bombarded, German shells 'practically enfillading our dug outs'. Two more officers killed by shell fire and literally buried by the explosion, had to be dug out. Other casualties, another killed and five wounded.
The Third Battalion trenches Vailly: Intermittent and sometimes heavy shelling all day.
There were now 1,500 recruits at Norton Barracks of which 500 would go to form the new Worcestershire Battalion, the '11th.
Eighth Worcs training: The farmer on whose land the Worcestershire companies are quartered, kindly gave them a football, many strenuous games have been played on a large, flat field at the farm.
Sister Denham, the Worcestershire School children's inspector, had been captured in Belgium and was stated to be a prisoner of war in the hands of the Germans: She is reported to be quite safe and is engaged in nursing German wounded.
HM the Queen has kindly forwarded to the Worcestershire Territorial Association a quantity of clothing and comforts for members of the Force now serving.
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