Page 129 - WW1 - 1918

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 14
December 1918

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Killed
Hall A. E. (57916) from Redditch
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(on Ancestry site Military records, Albert Edwin Hall, 2/8 Battalion, born in Astwood Bank,
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resided in Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, died of wounds, 2 November 1918, France.)
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.

Wounded
Darwin A. (41448) from Redditch
Rodgers F. (240549) from Redditch

Returned Prisoners of War
The following Soldiers who were Prisoners of War in Germany have arrived in England
Barley J. C. (27622) from Redditch
Stanley J. - L.-cpl (19619) from Redditch

Other Local Casualties
Killed
Lancaster E. (42106) – Royal Warwicks from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Edward Lancaster, (42106), 1/8 Territorial Battalion,
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, born and resided in Studley, enlisted in Leamington, killed in
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action, 23 October 1918. Buried Pommereuil British Cemetery, France.)

Died of Wounds
Wright W. (297286) Gunner – R.G.A. from Headless Cross
(On Ancestry site, Military records, Gunner William Wright, Royal Garrison Artillery, born and
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resided in Redditch, enlisted in Stourbridge, died of wounds, 20 October 1918, France &
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Flanders, formerly 9029, 135 Oxford H.B.)
Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross, Redditch.

Wounded and Missing
Wells F. P. (2048) – Middlesex from Redditch
Missing
Hunt T. A. (43072) – Royal Berks from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records Thomas Albert Hunt, 43072, Princess Charlotte of Wales
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(Royal Berkshire Regiment) 5 Battalion, born and resided in Redditch, enlisted in
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Stourbridge, killed in action 16 October 1918, Western European Theatre. Memorial in Vis-
en-Artois, France.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial and St Stephen’s Church memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census Thomas Albert aged 11, scholar, lived with his parents Charles and Alice Hunt and siblings at
Forge Mills, Redditch.)
Perry J. W. (20005?) – Wilts. From Redditch

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