Page 59 - WW1 - 1918

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 18 May
1918

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Killed
Mander F. - L.-cpl. (40688) from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site Military records, Frank Mander, 1 Battalion, born and enlisted in
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Redditch, killed in action, 24 March 1918, Western European Theatre. Mentioned on
Pozieres Memorial, Piccardie, France, aged 31, son of the late Mr and Mrs R. N. Mander, of
“Ivy Dell” Astwood Bank.)

Lance Corporal Frank Mander – source: www.findagrave.com
Remembered on Astwood Bank war memorial.
(On the 1911 census Frank aged 23, House Painter, lived with his parents Robert Nathaniel and Francis
Elizabeth Mander Astwood Bank, Redditch.)

Wounded
Chambers J. (25135) from Redditch
Haines G. A. (45260) from Redditch

Other Local Casualties
Killed
Gibbons H. A. (13566) – Coldstream Guards from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records, Private Horace A. Gibbons, born in Birmingham, resided in
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Astwood Bank, enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 24 March 1918 France, aged 24.
Buried Bucquoy Road Cemetery Ficheux, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Grandson of Mrs A.
Gibbons of Evesham Road, Astwood Bank.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch, Astwood Bank war memorial and Astwood Bank Baptist
Church memorial.

Hurst E. F. (35714) - Gloucesters from Redditch
Died of Wounds
Daffin H (38447) – Royal Berks from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records, Private Harry Thomas Daffin (38447) Princess Charlotte of
Wales (Royal Berkshire Regiment) born in Studley, resided in Ipsley, enlisted in Stratford-on-
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Avon, died of wounds, 11 April 1918, France, formerly (30024), Oxford and Bucks L.I.
Buried Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Aged 19, son of Harry and
Mrs E. F. Daffin of Ipsley nr. Redditch.)
(On the 1911 census Harry, aged 12, scholar, lived with his parents Harry and Elizabeth Ann Daffin in Ipsley.)

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