MET WITH A READY RESPONSE

In a letter to the “Journal” from Private C H Crane, says:

THE WORCESTERS KEEP ON SMILING

Corpl. Walter Moore writes to his mother, Mrs S. Moore, Aldington Siding, as follows:

THROUGH THE BIG BATTLE

Corporal W. Moore, of the 1st Worcesters, writes home to his mother at Aldington Siding:

BADSEY - DEATH OF PRIVATE W MARSHALL

TEN ON SERVICE

Mrs Rebecca Halford, of Wickhamford, has five sons, one grandson, and four nephews on service. This fact has been brought to the notice of his Majesty the King, and Mrs Halford has received the following letter from the Keeper of the Privy Purse, Buckingham Palace:

As there are many rumours in the town with regard to the death of an Evesham soldier named Albert Pitts – a matter to which we personally did not propose to refer – Mrs. Pitts, of 22 King’s Road, Bengeworth, asks us to publish the facts of the case as she knows them.

BADSEY MAN KILLED

MORE FROM THE 3rd WORCESTERS

Colour-Sergeant C H Robbins, of the 3rd Worcesters, writes:

WHAT GERMAN PRISONERS ARE PAID

To the Editor of the “Journal & Advertiser”

Sir

GERMAN PRISONERS ESCAPE

Three German prisoners of a gang of ten lent from Badsey Camp to Mr H Patten, of Kite’s Nest, Broadway, escaped on Thursday evening and are still at large. The police and military authorities have issued descriptions of the missing men, and will be grateful for any information which will lead to their capture.

The men are described as: