Page 101 - WW1 - 1918

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

th
The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 5 October
1918

Other Local Casualties
Killed
Bamber N. (34616) – Northumberland from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records, Norman Bamber, enlisted in Nottingham and born in
rd
Derbyshire but had lived in Redditch, killed in action, 23 August 1918, France & Flanders.
Awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
(Norman Ethelbert Bamber was born in 1885 in Basford District. On 1901 census Norman E. Bamber, aged 15,
Apprentice, born in Derbyshire, lived with his parents William and Mary Bamber (who was principal of a Girl’s
School, own account) and a servant, at Osborne Villa, Queen Street, Redditch.)

Died of Wounds
Chambers A. W. - L.-cpl (29081) – Somerset from Redditch
th
(On Ancestry site Military records, l/Corporal Alfred William Chambers, Service No 29081, 8
Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry), born and resided in Redditch, enlisted in
th
Stourbridge, died of wounds, 26 August 1918, aged 19, Western European Theatre. Buried
Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France. Parents were Alfred and Evelyn Chambers
of 17 Adelaide Street, Redditch.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(Alfred William Chambers was born in 1899 in the Bromsgrove District. On 1911 census Alfred Chambers aged
12, scholar, lived with his parents Alfred and Evelyn and siblings at 14 Alcester Street, Redditch.)

Pearson K. H. (766613) – London Regiment from Redditch
th
(On Ancestry site Military records, Kenneth Herbert Pearson, (766615), 1/28 (County of
London) Battalion (Artists Rifles), born and resided in Redditch, enlisted in Stourbridge, died
th
of wounds received in the retreat from Thilloy near Bapaume, 30 August 1918 aged 19.
Buried Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France. Parents Herbert Andrew and Kate
Elizabeth Pearson.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.

UK, De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour

© RLHS 2014 Page: 101