World War One
With grateful thanks to the following organisations who have generously allowed us to use material they have compiled over many years to create this memorial section:
www.worcestershireregiment.com
www.worcestershiresoldier.org
www.rememberthefallen.co.uk
Worcester Cathedral exhibition to commemorate First World War soldiers
9:26am Monday 15th August 2016
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.
Somme film Worcester showings feature war historian talks
10:14am Wednesday 6th July 2016
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.
Wreath laying to remember bravery of young Worcestershire Regiment officer 100 years ago
8:47am Tuesday 5th April 2016
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.
Major First World War exhibition opens in time for Easter at Hartlebury Castle
9:38am Wednesday 23rd March 2016
AN exhibition has opened at Hartlebury Castle showing the role the fortified manor house played as an emergency hospital during the First World War.
Spies, Lies and Bravery - The life and death of Jack Bishop, Royal Navy. Chapter Twelve
12:00am Saturday 18th October 2014
Chapter 12
Spies, Lies and Bravery - The life and death of Jack Bishop, Royal Navy. Chapter Eleven
12:00am Saturday 11th October 2014
Chapter 11
Great War June 1-6
8:05pm Tuesday 9th June 2015
100 YEARS AGO Information has been sent to his parents, Mr and Mrs W.G.R Stone of Tybridge House in Tybridge Street of the death at the front of their youngest son, Private Harold Stone.
100 Years Ago: (Great War - 25 October 1914)
10:00am Monday 27th October 2014
AN ambulance train taking wounded servicemen from Southampton to Birmingham passed through Shrub Hill Station, Worcester on Friday afternoon, waiting there for about 10 minutes. All who were at the station were filled with pity for the wounded fellows, and cigarettes and chocolate were given to those who were well enough to lean out of the carriage windows.
Ceremony to honour Worcestershire Somme soldier's bravery
11:17am Tuesday 21st June 2016
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.
Award winning photographer to give WW1 battlefield talk
11:23am Thursday 11th June 2015
AN award winning photographer and First World War authority is to give a talk in Malvern about the conflict.
Diary of an ambulanceman risking 'Hellfire corner.'
9:36am Wednesday 1st July 2015
Mr Rick Allen, of Stainburn Close, Worcester, has sent us powerfully descriptive extract from his grandfather's Word War One diary, telling of the destruction of the ancient town of Ypres and running the gauntlet of 'Hellfire corner.'
A soldier's letter that tells his parents about the action that killed him
12:16pm Tuesday 23rd June 2015
In the first months of the war, Arthur & Mary Smith of Ganderton Row, Pershore, received a letter from their son Percy.
The Worcestershire Regiment's actions during the Great War
5:52pm Thursday 24th July 2014
The Worcestershire Regiment dates back to 1782 when the 29th Regiment of Foot was officially linked with the county of Worcestershire. In 1877, the 29th and 36th (Herefordshire) Regiments established their depots in the new Norton Barracks and began a close association with Worcester.
A military history of the First World War
3:35pm Tuesday 8th July 2014
1914 Britain declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914, after the army of Kaiser Willhelm invaded Belgium.
