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2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
31st Aug 1914 Second Line Battalions
1st Sep 1914 Reorganisation
8th Sep 1914 Recruitment
9th Sep 1914 Recruitment
12th Sep 1914 Route March
17th Sep 1914 Training
19th Sep 1914 On the Move
24th Sep 1914 Recruitment
25th Sep 1914 Route March
27th Sep 1914 Uniforms to be Returned
30th Sep 1914 Recruitment
3rd Jun 1915 2/8th Worcesters beat 2/4th Gloucesters at cricket
4th Jun 1915 2/8th Worcs Defend the East Coast
30 Jun 1915 Shooting prize
30th Jul 1915 Competition
2nd Aug 1915 Inspection
7th Aug 1915 Accident
10th Aug 1915 Deserter Remanded
22nd Aug 1915 Training
28th Aug 1915 Range Finder course at Bisley
1st Sep 1915 Preparations
2nd Sep 1915 2/8th Worceters to Epping Forest
2nd Sep 1915 Under Canvas
8th Sep 1915 Training
9th Sep 1915 Training
10th Sep 1915 Training
11th Sep 1915 Zeppelin
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
23rd Nov 1915 New Rifles Issued
25th Nov 1915 London Defences
27th Nov 1915 Parade
28th Nov 1915 Church Parade
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
17th May 1916 Officers Transferred
19th May 1916 Compulsory Transfer
24th May 1916 On the Move
25th May 1916 On the Move
26th May 1916 On the Move
27th May 1916 Brigade Guard
1st Jun 1916 Under Instruction
3rd Jun 1916 Under Instruction
4th Jun 1916 In the Trenches
10th Jun 1916 Instruction Ends
11th Jun 1916 Into the Trenches
12th Jun 1916 Very Wet Day
13th Jun 1916 Wet Day in the Trenches
14th Jun 1916 Enemy Attack
15th Jun 1916 Mine Exploded
17th Jun 1916 Gas Alarm
19th Jun 1916 Working Party
5th Jul 1916 Posting
19th Jul 1916 Attack Fails
22nd Jul 1916 Working Party
26th Jul 1916 Men Wounded
27th Jul 1916 Artillery Active
28th Jul 1916 Under Shellfire
29th Jul 1916 Trench Raid
6th Sep 1916 Patrols
7th Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed
8th Sep 1916 Working Parties
11th Sep 1916 Men Wounded
12th Sep 1916 At Rest
14th Sep 1916 Training
16th Sep 1916 Medals Presented
19th Sep 1916 Into Billets
20th Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed
22nd Sep 1916 In Trenches
23rd Sep 1916 Recce
24th Sep 1916 Trench Work
25th Sep 1916 Bombing
27th Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed
15th Nov 1916 On the March
16th Nov 1916 On the March
19th Nov 1916 On the March
24th Jul 1915 River trip for Injured Soliders
1st Jan 1918 Hard Frost
2nd Jan 1918 Training
3rd Jan 1918 Change of Command
5th Jan 1918 Reliefs
6th Jan 1918 Reinforcements
7th Jan 1918 On the March
8th Jan 1918 Snow
10th Jan 1918 Snow
11th Jan 1918 On the March
13th Jan 1918 On the March
14th Jan 1918 On the March
18th Jan 1918 Awards
19th Jan 1918 Reliefs
20th Jan 1918 In Support
22nd Jan 1918 Reliefs
23rd Jan 1918 Quiet
24th Jan 1918 Trench Raid
25th Jan 1918 Quiet
26th Jan 1918 Reliefs
27th Jan 1918 Working Parties
30th Jan 1918 Reliefs
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- Copplestone Alfred Percy. Cpl.
- Hawkins Thomas William. Cpl. (d.27th Aug 1917)
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Cpl. Alfred Percy Copplestone 2/8th Btn. HQ Coy. Worcestershire RegimentI have my Grandfather's diary from World War 1 and he seemed to organise a number of football matches on his 2+ years spent in France & Belgium. Apart from several inter company matches there was one between his Battalion and the Warwickshires (not known which Bn) just five days before the major German offensive known as Operation Michael (21st of Mar 18). The Worcesters won the match 3-2.Alfred Copplestone arrived in France on 24th of May 16, as a Cpl and left, to attend an officers training course held at Fleet, Hampshire, on 1st of Jun 18. He was commissioned 2Lt but did not return to the front. He was demobbed in early 1919.
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Cpl. Thomas William Hawkins 2/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (d.27th Aug 1917)Thomas Hawkins served with the 2nd/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and died on 27th August 1917.S Turner
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