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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 7 July 1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded
Barker E. (382740 from Redditch
Brazil H. (203815) from Redditch
Other Local Casualties
Missing
(11842) L. Russell – East Surrey Regt. from Redditch

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 7 July 1917

Trench Life – There are not wanting those at home who are convinced that life in the
trenches is very good sport. As an assistance to realising the conditions, Captain Geoffrey
Gilbey in the columns of the “Express” gives the following hints for the reconstruction of
trench conditions at the Front in one’s back garden:-
“Choose a very muddy plot of ground and dig a hole four feet deep and two feet wide. Fill it
half full of dirty water. Put an old saucepan on your head and a bag of stones on your back
and get into the hole and sit down. It will be more realistic if the gardener comes along with
a water can every half hour and waters you. When it gets dark the gardener should bring
you some corned beef and some biscuits. Let him drop them twice before he deposits them
in the mud. About midnight make him bring two rats and let them loose in your trench. The
longer you stay in the trench the more thrilling it will be.”

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