Page 111 - WW1 - 1917

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 22
September 1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Killed
Cottrill J. - L-Sgt (240540) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site, Military records, John Cottrill, 1/8 Battalion, born and enlisted in
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Redditch, killed in action, 17 August 1917, Western European Theatre. Mentioned on
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,, Belgium.)

Lance Sergeant John Cottrill

Wiggett G. T. (46036) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site, Military records, George Wiggett, Service No 46036, 4 Battalion, born
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and resided in Headless Cross, enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 16 August 1917,
Western European Theatre. Mentioned on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Flanders.)
Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross.
(On the 1911 census George Thomas Wiggett, aged 13, lived with his parents Walter and Mary Ann Wiggett at
65 Birchfield Road, Headless Cross.)

Wounded
Johnson J. (24538?) from Redditch
Simons J. (204080) from Redditch

Other Local Casualties
Died of Wounds
(83017) Act BDR. F. Willis – R.F.A. from Redditch
(On Ancestry site, Military records, A/BDR Frederick Willis (830174) Royal Horse Artillery and
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Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) born and enlisted in Redditch, died of wounds, 17
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August 1917, Western European Theatre. He enlisted April 18 1912, aged 17 1 month and
was living at 15 Adelaide Street, Redditch and he was a Machinist at BSA.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.

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