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Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

Private William John Miles Collins, born and resided in Bromsgrove, enlisted in Redditch,
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46956, 2 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, died of wounds 9 June 1918, Belgium.
Buried Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Belgium.
Remembered on St Bartholomew’s Church war memorial, Tardebigge.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 6 July 1918

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded
Perks T. (46003) from Redditch
Previously Reported Wounded, now Reported Not Wounded
Hodson J. - L.-cpl (45108) from Redditch

Other Local Casualties
Died of Wounds
Floyd G. H. (86844) – Machine Gun Corps from Redditch
(On Ancestry site, Military records, Private George Henry Floyd, (Infantry) Machine Gun
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Corps. born and enlisted in Redditch, died of wounds, 31 May 1918, Western European
Theatre, formerly M2/267150/R.A.S.C. Buried Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport,
France. On his service record George enlisted in 1915 and was living at 28 Park Road,
Redditch.)
Harry Floyd is remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial and St Stephen’s Church memorial, Redditch.
(On 1911 census George Henry aged 19, Dental Mechanic lived with his parents George and Mary Jane Floyd,
at 5 Worcester Road, Redditch.)

Prisoners of War in German Hands
Batchelor A (Ch/2325) - (S) R.M.L.I. from Redditch
Earl E. J. (Po/2328) (S ) - R.M.L.I. from Redditch
Heath V. (Ch/1807) (S) - R.M.L.I. from Redditch

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