Page 79 - WW1 - 1916

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

Ancestry site Military records

Private Francis Gifford Perkins, born in Astwood Bank, enlisted Bishop’s Stortford, 20259,
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26 Battalion, London Regiement, killed in action, 10 October 1916, France. Remembered
on Thiepval Memorial, Picardie, France.
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.
(On 1911 census Francis Gifford Perkins aged 14 was a boarder at Laxton School House, Oundle, Peterborough,
Nothamtonshire.

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Western Daily Press – Wednesday 11 October 1916

Killed
Gloucestershire Regiment
Irish, 27465, G. F. – Redditch.
(On Ancestry site Military records, Private George Frederick Irish, born in Redditch, enlisted
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in Worcester, Service No 27465, 14 (Service) Battalion (West of England), killed in action,
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22 August 1916, Western European Theatre. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial, Picardie,
France. Awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census George Irish aged 20, Carter, lived with his widowed mother, Elizabeth Irish and siblings at 2
House Back of 10 Britten Street, Redditch.)

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Birmingham Daily Post – Thursday 12 October 1916

Wounded
Royal Warwickshire
Crow, 17515, F. – Redditch
Davis, 17807, C. J. – Redditch.

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Fletcher, 24546, G. – Redditch.3

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Birmingham Daily Post – Friday 13 October 1916

Wounded
Worcestershire Regiment
Cook, 31467, W. E. – Redditch.
Evans, 31458, H. – Redditch.
Vale, 2989, C. E. – Redditch.

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