The Warwickshire Yeomanry at Cherington. 1910s

01/01/1910

Chapters cover: the local response to the outbreak of war; Belgian refugees in Coventry, Rugby & Keni

01/01/1914 to 31/12/1919

Letter of thanks on behalf of Princess Mary.  Fund for HRH Sailors' and Soldiers' Christmas Fund.  St

01/01/1914 to 31/12/1914

Older children & Miss Woodfeld out gathering blackberries

24/09/1917 to 24/09/1917

9 girls & 1 boy - shell shock children from London at the school for a few weeks

05/11/1917 to 05/11/1917

Half holiday given by Lord Leigh to celebrate the great Tank Victory on The Somme

19/11/1917 to 19/11/1917

Picking blackberries in the afternoons

23/09/1918 to 23/09/1918

A whole holiday given on Tuesday 12th on the Armistice being signed

12/11/1918 to 12/11/1918

Four boys allowed to go as far as the Abbey to see a burning Aeroplane which fell in a nearby field

12/03/1917 to 12/03/1917

Boys have finished digging & planted with potatoes a piece of waste ground

07/05/1917 to 07/05/1917

Boy granted leave for Hay & Corn harvest

25/06/1917 to 25/06/1917

Two boys have exemption for Hay-Making

02/07/1917 to 02/07/1917

Three boys still at Farm Work

03/09/1917 to 03/09/1917

Upper division and mistress out gathering blackberries in the afternoon for making jam for soldiers

14/09/1917 to 14/09/1917

Older boys taken to see the Trenches for soldiers in Stoneleigh Deer Park

25/01/1915 to 25/01/1915

Children gave their prize money to the Belgian Relief Fund

08/03/1915 to 08/03/1915

School closed for a fortnight for potato picking

02/10/1916 to 02/10/1916

Half day holiday for blackberrying 86 lbs collected

18/09/1917 to 18/09/1917

Day's holiday for blackberrying 135 lbs

25/09/1917 to 25/09/1917

Children gathered 135 lbs of blackberries

02/10/1917 to 02/10/1917

School closed for a fortnight for children to help the farmers with potato picking

05/10/1917 to 05/10/1917

Four half day holidays given for blackberry picking

09/09/1918 to 09/09/1918

Holiday given by Managers for children to help farmers with potato picking

08/10/1918 to 08/10/1918

Closed for a fortnight for children to help farmers with the potato picking

11/10/1918 to 11/10/1918

Another week and two days given for potato picking

26/10/1918 to 26/10/1918