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The Birmingham Daily Mail – Thursday 26 November 1914

A Week-End at Redditch – To-morrow morning the Royal Engineers Signal Company,
under the command of Major Dickenson, will march to Redditch for the week-end. The
company will leave the Barracks, Great Brook Street, at 9.45 a.m., and will pass through the
following districts at the times stated; Northfield, 11.45 a.m., Hopwood, 1.30 p.m.,
Alvechurch, 2.30 p.m. The Joint R.E. and R.A.M.C. Band will accompany the unit.

The objects of the route march are to practise the men in marching and to assist the smaller
towns and villages in recruiting. The (Reserve) Signal Company has only a few vacancies, as
the War Office will allow only 50 per cent of the men will parade at 9 a.m. for drill at Hewell
park, and at 3 p.m., assisted by a local band they will have a recruiting parade, after which,
at 4.45 p.m., speeches will be made by members of the recruiting committee.

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Birmingham Gazette – Saturday 28 November 1914

Prisoner of war in Germany – Lance-Corporal J. Gregory

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