Page 29 - WW1 - 1915

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

Ancestry site, Military records

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Private Harry Bonham, (8907), 1 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born in Banbury but
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lived in Redditch, enlisted at Worcester killed in action, 13 March 1915, Western European
Theatre. Mentioned at Le Touret Memorial, France.
Remembered on St Stephen war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census Harry Bonham, aged 27, Cycle Polisher, lived with his wife Annie and son at 5 Parsons Row,
Mount Pleasant, Redditch.)

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Private Thomas Wharrad, born and enlisted in Redditch, Service No 6101, 1 Battalion, The
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Royal Welsh Fusiliers, killed in action, 11 March 1915, France. Remembered on Le Touret
Memorial, Richebourg-l’Avoue, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. He enlisted in the Royal Welsh
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Fusiliers 16 September 1899 at the age of 18 years 6 months and was living in Redditch. He
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seemed to be already in 3 Battlion, Worcestershire Regiment.
Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross.
(On 1911 census Thomas Wharrad aged 30, Cycle Frame Cleaner, lived with his wife Florence at 52 Birchfield
Road, Headless Cross. Thomas Wharrad married Florence Herbert in 1909 in Alcester District.)

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