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Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society
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The Birmingham Daily Mail – Friday 13 November 1914
Redditch Man on the Monmouth – son of Mrs Lever
(On Ancestry site Uk Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves, George Ernest Leaver,
Ply/14566 (Dev), Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Monmouth, born in Handsworth,
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Staffordshire, killed or died as a direct result of enemy action, 1 November 1914, Body not
recovered for burial. Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon. Mother
Kate Leaver of 4, Back of 203 Beoley Road, Redditch.
Private George Ernest Leaver
George Leaver remembered on St George’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On the 1901 census George Leaver aged 10 born in Handsworth, lived with his parents Harry and Kate both
born in Redditch and siblings at 163 St Georges Road, Redditch. On 1911 census Private George Ernest Leaver,
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aged 21 was serving on HMS Monmouth, 1 Class Cruiser, Captain Laurence E. Power, M.V.O., China Squadron.
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Position at midnight on Sunday April 2 1911, Colombo.)
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