Page 51 - WW1 - 1918

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 4 May 1918

Astwood Bank Man Killed – Mrs D. Dibble, Church Road, Astwood Bank, has been
officially informed that her youngest son, Private Sidney George Dibble, was killed in action
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on April 19 . He was 21 years of age, and prior to joining the army was in the employ of the
B.S.A. Company at their Redditch works.
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(On Ancestry site, Military records, Private Sidney George Dibble, Service No 55534, 16
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Battalion, Welsh Regiment, enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 19 April 1918, France.
Burial Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, Picardie, France. Awarded the British
War Medal and Victory Medal.)
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.
(On the 1911 census Sidney George Dibble, aged 16, Cycle Repairer, lived with his parents Daniel and Elizabeth
Dibble, at “The White Lion Hotel”, Astwood Bank.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 11 May
1918

Astwood Bank Soldier Killed – Lance-Corporal Charles E. Watkins, whose relatives
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reside at Foregate Street, Astwood Bank, was killed in action on April 15 . He was in the
Somerset Light Infantry, and was 19 years of age. He joined the army in February, 1917, and
went on active service in August of the same year. Prior to enlisting in the army he was
employed on the clerical staff of the Austin Motor Works, Longbridge.
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(On Ancestry site Military records, L/Corporal, Charles Edward Alfred Watkins, (28241), 1
Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry), born and resided in Astwood Bank,
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enlisted in Birmingham, killed in action 15 April 1918, Western European Theatre. Buried
Saint Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Robecq, France.)
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.

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