Page 60 - WW1 - 1917

Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 30 June
1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Previously Reported Missing Believed Killed, now Reported Killed
Milward W. N. (203837) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site, Military records, William Norris Milward 1/7 Battalion, born and resided
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in Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, killed in action, 13 April 1917, Western European
Theatre. On the Commonwealth War Graves, William was remembered on The Thiepval
Memorial, France)

Previously Reported Wounded, now Reported Died of Wounds
Parker E. (35095)
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(On Ancestry site, Military records, Enoch Parker, 2 Battalion, born in Feckenham, resided
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in Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, died of Wounds, 27 May 1917, Western European
Theatre.)
Remembered on St John the Baptist war memorial, Feckenham.
(On 1911 census Enoch Parker, aged 33, lived with his mother Hannah Parker, High Street, Astwood Bank and
he was a Market Gardener.)

Other Local Casualties
Wounded
(8438?) G. W. Robinson – Royal Warwicks from Redditch
(14658) Sgt. S. C. Wormington – South Staffords from Redditch

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Gloucestershire Journal – Saturday 30 June 1917

The British Casualties
Wounded and missing
37861, C. Freeman – Redditch.

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