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Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 16 March
1918

Military Medallists
(74784?) W. Piff – R.E. from Redditch

Ancestry site Military records

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Private Loader Bert Heath (242492), 4 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born and
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resided in Redditch, enlisted in Stourbridge, died, 16 March 1918, Western European
Theatre. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgiu,. aged 22, son of Walter
and Laura Heath of Redditch and husband of Elizabeth Heath of 2 Rear of Turk’s Head,
Worcester Street, Bromsgrove.)

Private Loader Bert Heath – source: www.findagrave.com
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch
(On the 1911 census Bertie Heath, aged 16, Labourer, lived with his parents Walter and Laura Heath, 14 Silver
Street, Redditch.)

Ancestry site Portsmouth Memorial Part 7

Armourer’s Crew, Albert Leslie Harris, Service No M/14742, R.N., H.M.S. “Montagua.” Killed
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by explosion, following collision 19 March 1918. Aged 20, son of Albert and Esther Lavinia
Harris, of Other House, Other Road, Redditch. Served on H.M.S. “Barham” at Battle of
Jutland. Body not recovered for burial. Remembered on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial.
(On 1911 census Albert Leslie Harris, aged 13, scholar, lived with his parents, Albert and Esther Lavinia and
siblings at Other House, 98 Other Road, Redditch.)
HMS Montagu was part of a convoy operating out of Queenstown, Ireland when she was accidentally struck by
the American ship USS Manley. The collision caused the detonation of the depth charges on Manley and the
resulting explosion caused extensive damage to the stern of H.M.S. Montagua, killing a number of those on
board including Albert Leslie Harris.
Ancestry site Military records

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