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Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 15
September 1917

Died of Wounds
(830398) Bombardier E. Hicks - R.F.A. from Redditch
(On Ancestry site, Military records, Ernest Hicks, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field
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Artillery, Territorial Force, born and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 12 August 1917,
Western European Theatre.)
Remembered on St John the Baptist war memorial, Feckenham.
(On the 1911 census Ernest, aged 28, lived with his wife Catherine and they were boarding at 6 St George’s
Road, Redditch.)

(9212) Lance Corporal F. H. Mason – Royal Warwicks from Redditch
Wounded
(31979) T. Patrick – South Lancs from Redditch
(13569?) W. E. Parker – Coldstream Guards from Redditch
(830064) Sergt. E. Vale – R.F.A. from Redditch

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The Coventry Evening Telegraph – Monday 17 September 1917

Salvation Army, Heroes of the War – Songster-Leader Duggins, a Redditch
Salvationist, who some time since was mentioned for bravery to Sir Douglas Haig’s list of
awards, has now received a second honour. He has been given the Military Medal for what
is officially described as a “very gallant act.”

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