Neuve Chapelle 10th to 13th March 1915
This was the first major British offensive of the war on the Western front. The initial assault on 10th March broke through the German line. During that night elements of the 1st Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment went forward to hold the gap. They were reinforced by the remainder of the Battalion the next afternoon. At […]
The Battle of Gheluvelt October 31st 1914 "The Worcesters save the Empire"
The first shock of the German invasion came near to defeating the combined French and British Armies. The British Army stood to fight at Ypres. After ten days’ hard fighting, the 2nd Battalion, 350 strong, was the only reserve for the Gheluvelt sector. The Battalion was then resting in Polygon Wood. The line at Gheluvelt, […]
Yeoman, 1916
During the First World War the Worcestershire Yeomanry fought in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. Roving across wide open desert in the blistering heat for days on end, the Yeomanry led the British Army all the way from the Suez Canal to Damascus in one of the most successful British campaigns of the war. It was […]
First World War Body Armour
This is a set of First World War body armour, used by the British Army. It has curved metal plates for the chest and the back, and was supposed to protect snipers and other vulnerable soldiers by stopping or deflecting bullets. Unfortunately, the metal is very thin, and probably would not have stopped a direct […]
Jack Parsons: soldier and man of peace
Jack Parsons, from Birmingham, served through the First World War in both the Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanrys. He won the Military Cross for leading part of the charge at Huj, 8th November 1917, the last recorded cavalry charge carried out by the British Military. The charge was successful in that the British troops captured the […]
