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:

OFFICIAL NOTICES TO FARMERS

GERMAN PRISONERS AND LAND WOMEN

INFLUENZA

Evesham and the whole district is like the rest of the country, suffering from a very severe influenza epidemic. There are hundreds of cases in the borough itself, and during the last ten days or so no fewer than nine deaths, directly attributable to the scourge, have occurred. The villages are suffering equally and numerous deaths are reported. From what we can gather Badsey appears to be the greatest sufferer, and at one time this week there were no fewer than five persons awaiting burial in this village.