Page 57 - WW1 - 1915

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 3 July 1915

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Redditch Soldier Killed – Private Owen Louch, 4 Worcesters, has been killed in
action at Gallipoli. His parents live in Prospect Road, Redditch, and he was one of four
brothers serving in the army.
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(On Ancestry site could only find a Jack Owen Louch 4 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment,
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born and enlisted in Redditch. who died 6 June 1915 at Gallipoli. Remembered at Helles
Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey)
Owen Louch remembered on St Stephen’s and St George’s war memorials, Redditch.
On the 1901 census he was known as Owen aged 9, lived with his parents William and Sarah J. at 31 Prospect
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Road, Redditch.. On the 1911 census Jack Owen Louch was classed as being in 3 Battalion Worcestershire
Regiment, Shaft Barracks, Western Heights, Dover)

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