Page 17 - WW1 - 1916

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

Ancestr site Military records

Private Alfred Hill, born in Sambourne, resided in Astwood Bank, enlisted in Worcester,
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10130, 3 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action, France.
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial and Astwood Bank Baptist Church memorial.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 29 January
1916

Soldier Absentee – At Worcester city Police Court, on Thursday, George Wilkes (21), 41
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George Street, Redditch, was charged with being an absentee from the 3/5 East Kent
Regiment. Prisoner confessed that he was an absentee. He was remanded to await an
escort.

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