Page 76 - WW1 - 1917

Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 11 August
1917

Wounded
(36192) Act. Corpl. A. Hill – Lancashire Fusiliers from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records, Corporal Arthur Hill, born in Feckenham, enlisted in
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Worcester, Service No 36192, 19 Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died of wounds, 3 August
1917, France. Formerly 14232, Worcestershire Regiment. Awarded the British Medal and
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Victory Medal. Enlisted in 11 December 1915 at the age of 18 and his father was
Abraham.)
Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross.
(Born in 1897 in Bromsgrove District. On the 1911 census Arthur Hill aged 14, worked in Spring Manufactory,
lived with his widowed mother, Ann Hill and siblings at 41 Birchfield Road, Headless Cross.)
(9828) A. Jackson – Royal Warwicks from Redditch
(83075) Driver W. H. Owen – Royal Field Artillery from Redditch

Ancestry site Military records

Private William Stanton, born in Feckenham, resided in Astwood Bank and enlisted in
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Redditch, Service No 10498, 3 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, died of wounds, 12
August 1917, Western European Theatre.
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.

Frederick Willis, A BDR Territorial Force, Royal Horse Artillery and Roya Field Artillery,
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(830174), born and enlisted in Redditch, died of wounds, 17 August 1917, Western
European Theatre.
A George F. Willis is remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(1911 census a George Frederick Willis aged 14, Cycle Wheel builder, lived with his parents Alfred and Mary
Willis and siblings at 15 & 15A Adelaide Street, Redditch.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 18 August
1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded
Bishop E. L. - Cpl. (8635) from Redditch
Coombs J. - Sergt. (12720) from Redditch
Prisoners of War
Moore A. (242582) from Redditch

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