LOCAL CASUALTIES: 6
Privates Frederick Edwards,  Alfred Flemming, Philip Claude Gill, Albert Perks & William James Thomas - Second Battalion.
Private William Finch - Third Battalion.

ROLLING CASUALTY COUNT: 375

Second Batt: Battalion marched via Chateau at Hooge to large farm about  two miles east of Zillebeke to be attached to Seventh Division under General Capper.  Held in Divisional reserve.

Third Battalion Merris: Orders received to be prepared to move at short notice. Battalion moved in three motor buses to Neuve Eglise.  On arrival went into billets.  Moved at 5pm via Romarin to bivouac W of Ploegsteert, sending one company (D) to support of 1/E Lancs Regiment at Le Ghier.

Bromsgrove Soldiers Killed in Action: Private Robert Lane of the First Rifle Brigade, son of Mr & Mrs Lane, Staple Hill Farm, has been killed in action at St Marguerite, France.  News has also been received that Private F Browning, First Gloucestershire, who, before the war was employed as a porter at Bromsgrove Station, has died from wounds received while on service with the BEF in France.

Rounding up Alien Enemies: During the weekend the Worcestershire police arrested 21 alien enemies in various parts of the county, and these were taken to Newbury by the noon train from Worcester today.  We understand that most, if not all of the men, arrested were respectable citizens who were not suspected of offences. Most of them were married, several to Worcestershire women, and, in addition to their wives, quite a number of children are left behind.  Among the seven men arrested from the other Petty Sessional districts in the county were as follows:- Bromsgrove five, Worcester, Stourport, Oldbury two each; Evesham, Stourbridge, and Redditch one each. From Shrub Hill they went to Newbury under the charge of six members of the Worcestershire County Constabulary.

Worcester Canadians for the Front: Talking together in the Foregate this morning were two Worcester Canadians who, after emigrating to Canada a few years ago, joined the Contingent of 32,000 men which the Dominion has sent over…they represented almost the extreme limit of ages of the Forces, on being an old Volunteer and Territorial of 24 years service, and the other a fresh complexioned youth obviously not long out of his teens.  The elder soldier is Company Sergeant Major Pritchard, of the Queen’s Own Rifles, Toronto.  He is the son of the Sexton of Claines Church (who is said to be the oldest Volunteer in the district).  Sergeant Major Pritchard was 16 years with the Eighth Worcesters (formerly the Volunteers) and left this country five years ago.  Of his Company of 240, he said,  200 were British born, and 170 wore medal ribbons.  He added that as soon as the call was made there was a most enthusiastic response.  One and all wanted to go to the aid of the Old Country.  Whilst in Worcester he visited the wounded Belgian soldiers at the Infirmary, and, like other visitors, was greatly impressed by them.  By the side of a shooting medal he wore on his tunic a couple of buttons, given him by the Belgians, which, he said, he would not sell for $20.  The younger Canadian is Private H W Tredwell, of the Fort Gary Horse, Winnipeg, son of Mrs and the late Mr L J Tredwell, of the New Greyhound Inn, New Street.
Information researched by Sue Redding.