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Birmingham Gazette – Saturday 9 October 1915

Local men
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Private J. Martin of the 2 Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, son of Mr Martin, George
Street, Redditch, wounded.
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Private George Beckingham, of the 2 Worcestershire Regiment, formerly of George Street,
Redditch, wounded.
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Private J. Newman, 2 Worcestershire Regiment, died from wounds.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Private James Newman, 20337, 2 Battalion,
Worcestershire Regiment, born in Studley, resided in Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, died of
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wounds 30 September 1915, Western European Theatre.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census James Newman aged 25, Polisher had his mother and siblings living with him at 75 Evesham
Road, Headless Cross.)

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Birmingham Gazette – Saturday 16 October 1915

Local Men
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Private Albert Hall, 4 Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, of Redditch, died from wounds,
received in the Dardanelles.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Albert Hall, 8369, 4 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment,
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born Bromsgrove, resided in Redditch and enlisted in Bromsgrove, died of wounds, 30
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September 1915, Balkan Theatre. On Memorial Register, Pte Albert Hall, 8369, 4 Battalion,
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Worcestershire Regiment, died 30 September 1915, age 29, husband of Edith May Hall of
10 Oswald Street, Redditch. Remembered on Hellies Memorial, Turkey.)
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.

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The Birmingham Daily Mail – Tuesday 19 October 1915

The New Roll of Honour
Army Service Corp
Peolman, Sidney, E., Beoley, Redditch.

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The Birmingham Daily Mail – Thursday 21 October 1915

Roll of Honour
Army Service Corp
Merrick, B. L., 26 Glover Street, Redditch.

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