Page 27 - WW1 - 1916

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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Birmingham Gazette – Saturday 26 February 1916

Private Frank Adams, killed in action

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(On Ancestry site Military records, Frank Adams, 2537, 1/8 Battalion, Worcestershire
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Regiment, resided and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 18 February 1916, Western
European Theatre. Buried Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1901 census Frank aged 16, Fish Hook Beader, lived with his parents, William and Harriet at 8 Britten
Street, Redditch.)

Ancestry site Military records

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Private Frank Huins, born in Redditch, enlisted in Bristol, 20908, 14 (Service) Battalion
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(West of England) Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action, 2 March 1916, Western
European Theatre. Buried Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l’Avoue, France.
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.

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