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Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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Evening Despatch – Saturday 22 September 1917

Casualties – Private D. G. Clayton (Royal Warwicks) died from wounds, joined when he
was 16½ years of age, and was 19 when he died. Three other brothers are in the Army, two
in France.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, David George Clayton, 242230, 2/6 Battalion, Royal
Warwickshire Regiment, born in Redditch and resided in Studley, enlisted in Birmingham,
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died of wounds, 8 September 1917, Belgium. Awarded the British War Medal and Victory
Medal.)

Private Albert Bradley (Worcesters), of Redditch, killed in action was 31 years of age.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Albert Harding Bradley, 203968, 1/7 Battalion,
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Worcestershire Regiment, born and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 16 August 1917,
Western European Theatre. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.)

Private Albert Harding Bradley
Remembered on St Stephen’s and St George’s war memorials, Redditch.
(On the 1911 census Albert Bradley, aged 25, Brass Polisher, lived with his parents, George and Elizabeth
Bradley, 20 Prospect Road, Redditch.)

Gunner C. E. Wilkes (R.F.A.), of Redditch, killed in action, was 27 years of age, and has served
in the Army prior to this war. He leaves a widow and four children. Four of the deceased’s
brothers are serving in the Army.
(On Ancestry site Military records, Charles Edward Wilkes, Service No 176574, Royal Horse
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Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, resided and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 16
August 1917, Western European Theatre.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.

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