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 4th 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.
Banbury Guardian, October 1914
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
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
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
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