Page 21 - WW1 - 1915

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 20 February 1915

Killed While Sniping – Mr J. Bennett of Grove Street, Redditch, has received official
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news that his son Private H. Bennett, of the 2 Worcestershire Regiment, has died from
wounds received in action on November 6.
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(On Ancestry site military records, Harry Bennett, 12861, 2 Battalion, Worcestershire
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Regiment, died of wounds, 6 November 1914, Western European Theatre. Mentioned at
Ypres (Menin Gate)Memorial, Belgium. Son of James and Fanny Bennett.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On the 1911 census James and Fanny Bennett lived at 30 Grove Street, Redditch and their son’s name was
really Hubert but must have been known as Harry. He was aged 17 and a shop assistant.)
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Intimation has been received by his relatives at Webheath that Private B. Lippett, of the 2
Battalion Coldstream Guards, was killed in action at La Bassee on January 31. In a letter
conveying news of his death, an officer describes Lippett as “one of the best soldiers who
ever wore a British uniform.” Lippett, who was 19 years of age, was killed while engaged at
sniping.
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(On Ancestry site, Roll of Honour, Benjamin Lippitt, Private, (9983) 2 Battalion, Coldstream
Guards, served with the Expeditionary Force in France, resided in Birmingham, enlisted in
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Coventry, killed in action at Cuinchy, 31 January 1915. Mentioned at Le Touret Memorial,
France.)
Another soldier who has been killed in action is Lance-corporal J. J. Spiers, formerly of
Studley. He was 29 years of age.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, L/Corporal Joseph James Spiers, 7235, 3 Battalion,
Worcestershire Regiment, born and resided in Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, killed in
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action, 30 January 1915, Western European Theatre. Buried Kemmel Chateau Cemetery,
Belgium.)
(On 1911 census Joseph James Spiers aged 36, Assistant Grocer, lived with his wife Lillian Mary and their
children, at 40 Coombe Road, Preston, Brighton.

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