WORCESTERSHIRE APPEAL TRIBUNAL AND LOCAL CASES

STRONG PROTESTS - CENTRAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE “ON STRIKE”

As was anticipated the decisions of the Worcestershire Appeal Tribunal at their sitting at Evesham last week, have given rise to a great amount of feeling in the district. This is especially strong among members of the central Advisory and Sub-Advisory Committees and of the local Tribunals, and it is also given expression to by the general public, more particularly among the attested married men.

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS

To the Editor of the “Journal & Advertiser”

Sir

THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS

COLONEL BERNARD BARTON KILLED

ALDINGTON MAN WOUNDED

Mr & Mrs Moore, of Aldington Sidings, near Evesham, who have five sons serving in the forces, on Thursday received official intimation that their fourth son, Corporal E Moore, of the Worcesters, has been wounded by gun shot in the hand and face and is in hospital in Italy. Corporal E Moore joined up in the early days of the war and has seen a lot of heavy fighting. Mr & Mrs Moore’s second son, Sergeant W Moore, who has been awarded the DCM for gallantry, is a prisoner of war in Germany.

HOW PRIVATE CRISP WON THE MILITARY MEDAL

Private G Crisp, MM, son of Mr & Mrs E Crisp, Badsey Post Office, has (under pressure from home) sent his sister the following account of the circumstances under which he won his decoration:

MAJOR C E SLADDEN, MC

The “London Gazette” contains the following:

Captain C E Sladden, MC, to be Major (February 24 1917).

Major Sladden is a son of Mr J. Sladden, of Badsey.

GOOD NEWS FOR EVESHAM AND ALDINGTON PARENTS

BADSEY MAN’S DECORATION

SERGEANT W MOORE, DCM, A PRISONER

Mrs Moore, of Aldington, has heard that her son, Sergeant W Moore, DCM, is wounded and a prisoner. The information was conveyed in a letter from the Chaplain, who adds: “As far as I can make out his wound was not too serious... We shall greatly miss him, as he was a great soldier, and did excellant work with the battalion.”