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Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1
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Private Wilfrid Lawson Gratton, (1420), 15 Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, born
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Tideswell, Derby, resided in Redditch, enlisted in Birmingham died of wounds, 23 July 1916,
Western European Theatre. Buried Heilly station Cemetery, Mericourt-l’Abbe, France.
Parents George and Hannah M. Gratton.
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census Wilfrid Lawson Gratton was boarding at 49 Mount Pleasant, Redditch, he was a Clerk.)
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Private John Harris, (8423), 1 Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, born and resided
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in Redditch, enlisted in Southampton, killed in action, 23 July 1916, Western European
Theatre. Awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
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(On 1911 census Private John Harris, aged 24, serving in 2 Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Mauritius and
South Africa.)
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L/Corporal Albert Edward Hay, (13503), 1 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born in
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Feckenham, resided in Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, died of wounds, 29 July 1916,
Home. Buried Plymouth Road Cemetery, Redditch.
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On the 1911 census Albert lived with his parents William and Aminda Hay at 53 Hewell Road, Redditch.)
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