SINGLES George Herbert

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger 13th and 20th February 1915
HOPWOOD GUARDSMAN
Official intimation has been received at Hopwood that Corporal G.H. Singles of the 3rd Coldstream Guards was killed in action last week.

Corporal Singles, who was aged 20 was killed by a bomb on February 2nd. He had seen a great deal of fighting and interesting letters from him have appeared in our columns from time to time. Corporal Singles attended Alvechurch National School from which he gained a scholarship for Redditch Secondary School.

He joined Hopwood Church choir when 9 years old under Mr J. Smedley-Crooke in January 1904 and left in March 1912 to join the Royal Artillery. He had, since leaving school, been employed at Major Baldwin’s for about 12 months. After six months in the Artillery he bought himself out and joined the Coldstream Guards. When he left to enlist the members of the choir presented him with a silver cigarette case suitably inscribed as a mark of esteem.

At the service on Sunday evening the Rector of the parish (Bishop Mylne) in the course of his sermon alluded to the soldier’s death of Corporal Singles in shedding his blood for King and country. The choir gave an impressive rendering of the hymn “Now the labourer’s task is over” and the organist, Mr Wallace Cooke, played feelingly the “Dead March in Saul”. The deceased was generally esteemed by all and the congregation were moved by the solemnness of the occasion. Great sympathy is expressed with Mr and Mrs Harry Singles and family in the sad loss they have sustained.