Page 19 - WW1 - 1918

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 26 January
1918

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded
Deaken W. G. (27192) from Redditch
Watton T. (16771) from Redditch
Died of wounds
Ward H. (5087) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site Military records Harry Ward, (5087) 1/8 Battalion, Worcs. Reg., born and
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enlisted in Redditch, died of wounds 7 November 1916, Western European Theatre. Buried
Dernacourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France, aged 21, son of Mrs J. Ward, 12
Silver Street, Redditch.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On the 1911 census Harry, aged 17, Fish Hook Maker lived with his mother Julia Ward, 12 Silver Street,
Redditch.

Missing
Ainge F. (38366) - Gloucesters from Redditch

Remembering Redditch’s Fallen Heroes Book
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Private Harry Wakefield Richmond was discharged from the army 6 April 1917 with
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nephritis and died 31 January 1918 in Smallwood Hospital and buried St John the Baptist
churchyard, Feckenham.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Harry Wakefield Richmond Service No 15203, 2
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Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, enlisted on 1 September 1914 and at this time was 21
years 124 days old and lived in Feckenham and was a Cycle Worker. He had many visits to
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Field Ambulance Stations with various fevers and bronchitis and eventually on 6 April 1917
he was declared medically unfit for service with nephritis caused by infection and exposure.
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial and St John the Baptist Church war memorial, Feckenham.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 2 February
1918

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded
Chambers J. W. (25135) from Redditch

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 9 February
1918

Other Local Casualties
Prisoners of War in German Hands
Duffin A. - Gunner (16353) – R.G.A. from Redditch

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