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Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

Ancestry site Military records

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L/Cororal Joseph James Spiers, 3 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born and resided in
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Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, killed in action, 30 January 1915, Western European
Theatre. Buried Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, Belgium.
(On the 1911 census a Joseph James Spiers born in Redditch, was married to Lilian Mary and they lived in
Preston, Sussex.)

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Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 30 January 1915

Redditch Soldier Killed – News has been received by his relatives of the death from
wounds on December 18, at Baillerd, France, of Pte. A. G. Johnys, of the Middlesex Regiment,
who formerly lived at Worcester Road, Redditch. Deceased who was thirty-nine years of
age, served fifteen years in the army. For eleven years he served in India. He leaves a widow
and three children.
On Ancestry site Military Roll of Honour

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(On Ancestry site military records Arthur George Johnys, L/5097, 4 Battalion, Duke of
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Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) died of wounds 18 December 1914, Western
European Theatre, residence was classed as Battersea and enlisted in London. Buried
Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s and St George’s war memorials, Redditch.
(On Ancestry site marriage records, Arthur George Johnys aged 35, married Edith Evelyn Baylis, aged 25 at St
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Saviours Church, Battersea, London, on 16 September 1911. His father was James Johnys, deceased and
Edith’s father was Alfred Baylis. On 1891 census Arthur George Johnys born in Bethnal Green, aged 15, James
and Ameilia and his sister in Bethnal Green.)

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