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Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

Ancestry site Military records

Pioneer James Crook, born in Feckenham, enlisted in Redditch, 129246, Royal Engineers,
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killed in action, 10 July 1916, Western European Theatre. Formerly 27280, Worcestershire
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Regiment, (5 Battalion, Special Brigade R. E. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial, Picardie,
France.
Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross.
(On 1911 census James Crook aged 17, Shop Assistant, lived with his parents William and Sarah Crook in Callow
Hill, Redditch.)

Private Herbert John Tomlin, born Ullenhall, Warwickshire, resided in Alcester, enlisted in
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Birmingham, Service No 13490, 8 Service Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, killed in
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action, 10 July 1916, France. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial, Picardie, France.
Remembered on St Bartholomew’s Church, war memorial, Tardebigge.

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