Page 146 - WW1 - 1917

Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 17
November 1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Killed
Chesterton W. (203822) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site, Military records, William Chesterton, 1/8 Battalion, born and resided in
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Redditch, enlisted in King’s Norton, killed in action, 9 October 1917, Belgium. Remembered
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.)

Private William Chesterton
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census William, aged 28, Warehouse Clerk, lived with his wife Ada Elizabeth at 26 Archer Road,
Redditch.)

Died of Wounds
Biddle B. (241571) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site, Military records, Bryan Biddle, 14 Battalion, died of wounds, 10 October
1917, Western European Theatre. Buried Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.)
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.

Wounded
Bishop E. - L-Corp. from Redditch
Maries A. A. (46065) from Redditch
Sealey C. (45965) from Redditch

Other Local Casualties
Killed
Farquhar J. (1894) – Royal Warwicks from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site John Farquhar, 11 Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, born in
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Calcutta, India, resided in Redditch and enlisted in Birmingham, killed in action, 9 October
1917, France and Flanders. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.)

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