Stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: June 3rd, 1916.

Yet another honour has been won for Luton by one of her sons. The most recent honour, the Military Medal, was won by Gunner Arthur William Custance, of 15 King's Road, and it is particularly pleasing from the fact he is still a boy.

The Luton Reporter newspaper of June 5th, 1916, raised questions over the fate of former Luton Town footballer Alexander 'Sandy' Brown (pictured right), who had played for the club from 1905 to 1908.

Poor parenting, growing child neglect and a rising infant mortality rate in the town caused concern at a meeting of Luton Town Council on Tuesday, May 30th, 1916.

Stories from The Luton News: Thursday, June 1, 1916.

Restaurant proprietor Walter Edwards was charged at the Borough Sessions yesterday with being in possession of nine boxes of ammunition, contrary to the Army Act 1881. Walter Edwards, of 25 Manchester Street, said he had the ammunition but was not intentionally guilty. He was advised to plead not guilty.

Stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: May 27th, 1916.

From what we gather no fewer than 470 girls employed at a Luton factory lost half a day's pay and the firm lost the labour yesterday.

Town Clerk William Smith created his own embarrassment when Fred and Bob appeared before the Luton Borough Tribunal on Thursday, May 25th, 1916. The name Hawkes did not appear against the names in the Saturday Telegraph report that, as was Tribunal policy, did not in any case normally identify appellants. But in this case it was evident that two Luton Town FC players, not related but with the same surname, were involved.

Stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: May 20th, 1916.

Intense local sympathy will be felt for Mr and Mrs J. W. Green in the sad news which reached them last night of the death from wounds in France of their youngest son, Lieut Reginald Green, of the Bedfordshire Regiment.

Stories from the Luton News: Thursday, May 18th, 1916.

Like the 'Medicals' these local men of the East Anglian Royal Engineers were in Egypt.

The following interesting letter has been addressed to the Luton News by Cpl S. B. Burgoyne, 1841, 1/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, whose home is at at Brache Street, Luton, and who is serving with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. He wrote:

Stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: May 13th, 1916.

An important concession has been made by the Government to the men who are trading on their own and to whom the call to military service means the closing of the business on which a man and his family are dependent.

Stories from the Luton News: Thursday, May 11th, 1916.

Luton Fire Brigade in 1917.

Concerned was being expressed in Luton over whether the town would be able to maintain its experienced, efficient volunteer fire service due to men being called up for military service.

Stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: May 6th, 1916.

Not for a long time has any announcement aroused such widespread interest as the intimation that the Government intend to give a day for discussion of a resolution in favour of daylight saving.