Lt Holbech on train to Bruges
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Banbury Guardian, October 1914
Lt Holbech Leaves Dover for Belgium
Fenny Compton Wharf Sale Yard
Monday Next, October 5th 1914
300 Fat sheep and lambs
20 Fat beast, calves and pigs
Sale at 2.30
John Margetts and Sons, Auctioneers, Warwick
Troopers Needed
It is announced that troopers are needed for the reserve regiment of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, and an exceptional opportunity is afforded sporting men to join. Farriers, shoeing-smiths, saddlers and cooks are also asked to undertake general service. Applications may be made to the head quarters at Warwick.
Amongst the number of horses secured from hunt areas are the following: Oakley 400, North Warwickshire 300, Grafton 250, and Lord Rothschild’s Stag Hounds 200.
Banbury Guardian, October 1914
Homing Pigeons
Mr F Wilson, the Chief Constable of Banbury, has received a circular from the Home Office stating that no person shall, in any area which may be prescribed by the Secretary of State, have in his possession any carrier or homing pigeons unless he has obtained from the Chief Constable a permit, if he thinks it expedient to grant one. The circular further states that the Chief Constable should not grant a permit to keep such pigeons unless he is thoroughly satisfied that there is no risk that they might be used for communication with the enemy’s agents in Holland or Belgium.
Banbury Guardian, October 1914
Belgian Refugees at Fenny Compton
A meeting has been held to consider the ways and means of keeping a Belgian refugee family at Fenny Compton. The following committee was formed: the Rev. G Savile, Mrs Savile, Mrs Guest-Brown, Mrs Dickens, Mrs Elkington, Mr Pollard and Mr Thomason. Promises have been received of a £1 a week, as long as the family lived there, and furniture and £1 1s has been offered for furnishing a cottage – which has been handed over to the committee for that purpose, free of charge – by Mr G Cotterill.
Banbury Guardian, October 1914
Your King & Country Want You
Cub-Hunting Appointments
The Warwickshire
Saturday 10th October, Upton
Banbury Guardian, October 1914
Banbury Detachment of the National Reserve
March to Cropredy Vicarage
On Saturday night the members of this detachment had a march out to Cropredy, where they were entertained by the Rev. and Mrs. Maurice Maltby. Amongst those present were Colonel Lord North, Colonel Lord Saye and Sele, Major Maul, Captain Meikle, and Lieutenant C. J. Fortescue. With Major Maul in command, the detachment left about five o’clock, and headed by the bugle band of the Church Lads’ Brigade, marched along the Southam Road to Bourton and Cropredy, where they were then joined by Lord North and Lord Saye and Sele. At the Vicarage Grounds, bread and cheese and bottled ale or ginger beer were served out to each man, and an enjoyable half-hour was spent. Before departing, Lord Saye and Sele expressed the thanks of the detachment to Mr. and Mrs. Maltby for their kindness, and appealed for recruits from Cropredy and the district around, pointing out the importance of young men coming forward at the present moment of England’s trial and necessity. The Rev. Maurice Maltby spoke in similar terms, in response to the vote of thanks, and then the march home was commenced, the route being by Williamscote Hill and the Daventry Road through Grimsbury. On arriving at Banbury, the High Street was thronged with people who gave a hearty welcome home to the detachment. A word of praise is due to the Church Lads’ Brigade Band for the excellent way in which they played, and to Quartermaster-Sergeant Thomas for the able manner in which he had carried out the arrangements.
Banbury Guardian, September 1914