PRIVATE CRISP, OF BADSEY, WOUNDED
Private G Crisp, of the 4th Worcesters, son of Mr & Mrs E. Crisp, of Badsey Post Office, has been wounded during operations in Galilipoli. Writing to his mother on August 29 Private Crisp says:
LIEUTENANT SLADDEN’S GALLANTRY
Mrs D Churchley, of the Old Anchor, Bewdley Street, Evesham, has also received a letter from Private J.W. Baldwin, in which he says:
HOW LIEUTENANT SLADDEN WAS WOUNDED
BADSEY MAN KILLED IN ACTION
LIEUTENANT CYRIL SLADDEN WOUNDED
Mr J Sladden, of Badsey, has received a notification from the War Office that his youngest son, Lieutenant Cyril E Sladden, of the 9th Worcesters was wounded on August 12 in the Gallipoli Peninsula. The battalion got into action about a month ago and from the heavy casualties already reported among the officers has evidently experienced some severe fighting. The casualties among the rank and file are not yet published.
A PATRIOTIC WICKHAMFORD FAMILY
Mrs Rebecca Halford, a widow of Wickhamford, has five sons serving their King and country, and this fact has brought to the notice of His Majesty, whose has caused the following letter to be sent to the proud mother:
EXCITING LANDING AT THE DARDANELLES
A Badsey man, Private C.H.Crane, of the 4th Worcesters, writing an account of his experiences to his wife, says:
A BRAVE ATTEMPT AT RESCUE
Mrs S Moore, of Aldington Siding, near Evesham, has received a letter from her son Corporal W Moore, of the 1st Worcesters, who writes:
