Page 47 - WW1 - 1917

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 26 May
1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded
Locke H. T. (17124)
Other Local Casualties
Killed
(66290) G. H. Baylis – R.A.M.C. from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Private George Howard Baylis (66290) Royal Army Medical Corps, born and
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resided in Redditch, enlisted in Stratford on Avon, killed in action, 22 April 1917, Western
European Theatre. Buried Saint Leger British Cemetery, France.)

Private George Howard Baylis
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 26 May
1917

Other Local Casualties
Killed
5781) Sergt. A. J. Clayton – King’s Royal Rifles attached Royal Flying Corps.
(On Ancestry site Military records, Albert John Clayton (5781) born in Stratford on Avon,
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resided in Studley, enlisted in Birmingham, 1 Battalion, Kings’s Royal Rifle Corp, died of
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wounds 26 April 1917. Buried Abeele Aerodrome Military Cemetery, Watou, Watou
Churchyard. On the records it stated he was 33 and his parents were William and Harriet
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Clayton of Woodrow Lodge, Redditch Road, Studley.He was in the 20 Sqdn. Royal Flying
Corps.
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
Wounded
(13725) G. Twinborrow – South Staffordshire Regiment from Redditch
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Evening Despatch – Saturday 26 May 1917

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