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Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

Ancestry site Military records

Private Alfred James Clarke, born and enlisted in Redditch, Service No 102095, Labour Corps,
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died of wounds, 10 January 1918, France. Formerly Service No 55566, Devon Regiment. At
the time he enlisted in 1915 he was 21 and he lived at 23 Marsden Road, Redditch, he was a
Grinder. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.

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Birmingham Daily Post – Friday 11 January 1918

Military Cross – Lieutenant P. Hastings Leach, Royal Field Artillery, who has been
awarded the Military Cross, is the eldest son of Mr George E. Leach, J.P., The Gables,
Redditch. Lieutenant Leach held a commission prior to the war in the Redditch Battery
Artillery.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 12 January
1918

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Killed
Wright F. (18070) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site Military Records, Private Francis Barford Wright, 2 Battalion, Worcs. Reg.
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born in Redditch resided in Astwood Bank, enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 5 December
1917, Western European Theatre. Mentioned on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.)

Private Francis Barford Wright – source: www.findagrave.com
(Francis Barford Wright was born in 1894 in the Alcester District.)
Wounded
Allbutt W. E. (18354) from Redditch
Morrell C. ? (37749) from Redditch
Osborne A. (40638) from Redditch

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