Page 26 - WW1 - 1918

Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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The Bromsgrove Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 2 March
1918

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded
Merry J. W. - Cpl. (240304) from Redditch

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

Other Local Casualties
Previously Reported Missing now Reported Killed
Sherratt J. G. - Sergt. (290887) – Royal Monmouth Regiment from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records,Sergeant James Grant Sherratt, born Alcester, resided
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Stock Green, near Redditch, enlisted Abergavenny. Wales, 3 Battalion, killed in action, 4
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February 1918, Belgium. Buried La Brique Military Cemetery #02, Belgium. He enlisted 1
September 1914, in Abergavenny and he had been born in Bidford and was 27 years 3
months.)
(James Grant Sherratt was born in 1887 Alcester District. On the 1901 census James aged 13, lived with his
parents James and Anne Sherratt in Norton by Bredon. On the 1911 census James now aged 23, was a
Chemist’s assistant and lived in Abergavenney.)

Wilkinson S. (435047) – K.R.R.C. from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Rifleman Samuel Wilkinson, 11 (County of London)
Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment, born, resided and enlisted in Redditch, killed in
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action, 21 September 1917, Western European Theatre. Formerly 4049, 10 London Regt.
Remembered on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial Redditch and St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross..
(On the 1911 census Samuel, aged 17, Fish Hook Filer, lived with his Uncle Jonas and Aunt Louisa Wilkinson, at
3 Evesham Road, Headless Cross. On 1901 census Samuel aged 7, lived with his parents John, aged 49, retired
Publican and Florence at 5 Evesham Road, Headless Cross. Next door at 3 Evesham Road lived Jonas, John’s
brother, and Louisa Wilkinson)

Prisoners of War in German Hands
Davis A. W. (67931) – Royal Fusiliers from Redditch
Previously Reported Wounded now Reported not Wounded
Smith F. (81010) – Devon Regiment from Redditch

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