EVESHAM MILITARY PARADE

On Saturday a detachment of the 8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, about 100 strong, accompanied by the Worcestershire Yeomanry band, journeyed to Honeybourne by train and marched through Bretforton and Badsey to Evesham. At Badsey they were joined by the Northern Wireless Signal Section of the Royal Engineers and members of the Evesham and District Volunteer Training Corps and the Evesham Territorial band.

EVESHAM AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER TRAINING-CORPS

At the request of several of the inhabitants Offenham was selected for a route march on Wednesday last. The Evesham company fell in at headquarters, accompanied by the Town Band, under Bandmaster Mace, who kindly volunteered their services. The Badsey squad, under Sergeant Addis, and the Bretforton squad, under Sergeant Allard, fell in at Aldington Siding. The company was nearly 100 strong on arrival at Offenham, under Sergt. Dyer, of the 8th Worcesters. A recruiting meeting was held at the Maypole, Offenham. Speeches were delivered by Lieut.

SALONIQUE

“EEP” of Badsey – better known we believe in that district as Ernest – sends us the following verses from Salonica, where he says, he and his comrades are quite happy and smiling:

There’s a little place out East called Salonique,

Where they’re sending British Tommies every week

When you view it from the sea

It’s a fine sight I’ll agree

And you think you’ll have a spree at Salonique.

When you’re dumped upon the quay at Salonique,

And the smell that meets you there seems to speak.