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Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Birmingham Daily Post – Wednesday 14 June 1916

Killed
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Foster (966), F. – Redditch.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Private Frederick Foster, 966, 15 Battalion, Royal
Warwickshire Regiment, born in Redditch, resided in Moseley, Birmingham, enlisted in
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Birmingham, killed in action, 23 August 1916, Western European Theatre. Awarded British
War Medal and Victory Medal. Buried Faubourg-D´Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Part I A-L. Died
aged 21, son of George and Mary Ann Foster of Park Cottages, Hewell, Redditch.)
Remembered on St Bartholomew’s Church war memorial, Tardebigge as Fred Foster.

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Birmingham Gazette – Tuesday 27 June 1916

Wounded
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Read (13393), W. – Redditch

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 1 July 1916

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded Shock (Shell)
Bishop E. from Redditch

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