Page 65 - WW1 - 1916

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 26 August
1916

Wounded
(14637) Private S. Millward – South Staffords from Redditch
(15334) Private A. Moore – Royal Warwicks from Redditch
(14376) Private T. Osborne – Sherwood Foresters from Redditch
(11121) Private J. Spiers – Sherwood Foresters from Redditch
(10958) Private H. Smith – Queen’s Royal West Surreys
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(On the Ancestry site Military records, Private Henry Arthur Smith, L/10958, 7 Battalion,
Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), born and resided in Redditch, enlisted Stratford-on-
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Avon, killed in action, 18 November 1916, France.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch and St George’s war memorial, Redditch..
(On the 1901 census Henry Arthur Smith aged 5, lived with his parents Arthur and Harriet and siblings at 145
Beoley Road, Redditch. On 1911 census Henry Arthur Smith aged 15, born in Redditch, Cycle Polisher, lived with
his parents Arthur and Harriet Smith and siblings at Sandpits, The Common, Rowney Green, Alvechurch.

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