Page 153 - WW1 - 1917

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

Ancestry site Military records

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Sergeant Cecil Frederick Cottrill, (241539), 2/8 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born in
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Studley, resided in Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, killed in action, 3 December 1917,
Western European Theatre. Buried Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.
On the 1911 census Cecil Frederick Cottrill, aged 21, lived with his parents Francis James and Mary Teresa
Cottrill at 44 Beoley Road, Redditch. Cecil was a Fishing Rod Maker.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 8 December
1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Previously Reported Missing now Reported Killed
Apperley H. (203813) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Harry Apperley, 1/7 Battalion, born and enlisted in
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Redditch, killed in action, 25 April 1917,Western European Theatre. Harry Merriman
Apperley was mentioned on Thiepval Memorial, Picardie, France.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s and St Stephen’s Church war memorials, Redditch.
(On the 1911 census Harry M. Apperley, lived with his parents Edgar and Lizzie Apperley at 15 William Street,
Redditch.)

Previously Reported Wounded now Reported Wounded and Missing
Chamberlain H. (203361) from Redditch
Wounded
Adams H. (203809) from Redditch
Chambers J. W. (25135) from Redditch
Chellingworth E. (33515) from Redditch
Duffin E. (27352) from Redditch
Ellis W. (203971) from Redditch
Freeman W. - Sgt. (46970) from Redditch
Houghton J. E. (202446) from Tardebigge
Parry T. (38206) from Redditch
Purcell A. (46038) from Redditch
Styler H. (240110) from Redditch
Sullivan B. H. L - Cpl. (203844) from Redditch
Surman A. E. - Sgt. (240100) from Redditch

Other Local Casualties
Killed
Andrews G. H. - Gunner (113651) – R.F.A. from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records, George Henry Andrews, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal
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Field Artillery, born and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 26 October 1917, Western
European Theatre. Buried Saint Julien Dressing Station Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle,
Belgium.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census George, aged 12 lived with his parents, Percy Henry and Florence May Andrews and siblings at
his grandmother’s Harriet James at 34 Grove Street, Redditch.)

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