Page 94 - WW1 - 1917

Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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Evening Despatch – Saturday 8 September 1917

Casualties continued

Sergeant J. B. Cotterill, whose relatives resided at 41 Beoley Road, Redditch, killed in action,
had been wounded several times previously.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, John Cotterill, 240540. 1/8 Battalion, Worcestershire
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Regiment, born and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action 17 August 1917, Western European
Theatre. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Private G. T. Wiggett (Worcesters), killed in action.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, 46036, 4 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born and
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resided in Headless Cross, enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 16 August 1917, Western
European theatre. Mentioned on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.)

Private George Wiggett – source: www.findagrave.com
A George Wiggett was mentioned on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross but as there were 2 George
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Wiggett who died in the 1 World War not sure if it’s this one.

Private Claud Hawkes, killed in action.
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On Ancestry site Military records, Private Caleb John Hawkes, 203793, 1 4 Battalion,
Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, born and enlisted in Redditch, died
of wounds Western European Theatre. Formerly 16309 Worcestershire Regiment.
A Caleb Hawkes was remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census Caleb, aged 15, lived with his parents, Caleb and Ann Elizabeth Hawkes, at 20 Birchfield Road,
Headless Cross.

Despatch runner James killed in action, was killed in the act of carrying a message.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Private Steward James, 16 Battalion, Welsh Regiment,
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born and resided in Webheath and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 4 August 1917,
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Western European Theatre. Formerly 203944, 1 Worcs. Regiment. Mentioned on Ypres
(Menin Gate), Memorial, Belgium, age 21, parents John Thomas and Eliza James.)
Remembered as Stewart James on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross, Redditch.

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