Page 54 - WW1 - 1915

Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

Ancestry site Military records

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Private Howard James Marsey, (17411), 3 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born in
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Birmingham, resided and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 16 June 1915, Western
European Theatre.
A James Maisey is remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch and St Luke’s war memorial, Headless
Cross but can only find Howard J. Marsey.

Ancestry site Military records

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Private Victor Hands, (10919), 4 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born and resided in
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Redditch, enlisted at Worcester, killed in action, 19 June 1915, Gallipoli. Remembered on
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey, Final resting place unknown
Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross, Redditch.
Forces War Records, Private Victor Hands, parents were George and Eliza Hands of Evesham
Road, Crabbs Cross.
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(Born in 1888 in the Alcester District. On 1911 census Victor Hands aged 22, was in 4 Battalion,. The
Worcesteshire Regiment, India.)

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Birmingham Daily Post – Tuesday 29 June 1915

Redditch Officer Killed – Lieutenant Malcolm Kerwood
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Philip Malcolm Kerwood, Lieutenant, 8 Battalion,
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Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action, 25 June 1915. Buried Bailleul Communal
Cemetery Extension, France.)
(On the 1911 census Philip Malcolm Kerwood, aged 20, Law student John West Branch, lived with his parents
Alfred and Edith Kerwood at Watling House, Barnt Green.)

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