An indication of the effect the war will have on fox-hunting this season it may be mentioned that at the cub-hunting meet of the North Warwickshire at the Bull and Butcher Woods, Princethorpe last week, there was, in addition to the hunt officials, only one horseman, Mr Carl Pearman of Ryton.

Banbury Guardian, October 1914

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Stockton commanding the 4^th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, appeals for field glasses for the use of the non-commissioned officers of the battalion. Field glasses are not provided by the Government, yet their vital importance to officers and non-commissioned officers can be readily appreciated, and Colonel Stockton asks for the loan of sufficient numbers to equip at least every sergeant in his battalion with a pair. The glasses will be kept in hand and will only be served out in the case of the battalion being sent to the front. Should it not be sent on active service the glasses will be returned without being used, and should it go to the front every effort will be made to return them at the end of the campaign. Glasses should be sent to Mrs. Stockton, The Green, Banbury, and should bear the names of the senders on their cases.

Mrs. Stockton asks us to say that there is still urgent need of army grey flannel shirts, socks and blankets, also of funds for the further purchase of materials.