CAPTAIN C E SLADDEN, MC
In the list of Mesopotamian honours just issued appears the name of Captain (Acting Major) C E Sladden, Worcester Regiment, who has been awarded the Military Cross. He had previously received special mention in despatches.
A PRISONER IN GERMANY
Information has been received that Private A J H Morris, of the Coldstream Guards, is a prisoner in Germany. He went out to France last October, and on November 27 his wife was notified that he was missing. On Wednesday a card was received from him stating that he is a prisoner in Germany. Private Morris is the third son of Mr Albert W Morris, formerly of Evesham, and married Miss Mustoe, at Badsey, last September. His brother Fred, a private in the Royal Fusiliers, is in hospital at Epsom, after undergoing an operation in France.
ANOTHER WICKHAMFORD MAN KILLED
PATRIOTIC BADSEY FAMILY
BADSEY SOLDIER KILLED
BADSEY AND THE WAR
We extract the following from the Badsey Parish Magazine:
CAPTAIN C E SLADDEN MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
Among the officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers and men whose services have been brought to notice by Lieut.-General Sir Stanley Maude K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, as deserving of special mention, appears the name of Captain (acting Major) C E Sladden, youngest son of Mr Julius Sladden, of Badsey and Evesham. Captain Sladden was wounded in Gallipoli in August. 1915, and again the day before the British entered Baghdad.
