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Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 13 July
1918

Other Local Casualties
Wounded and Missing
Ellins J. (32831) – Royal Berks from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records, Private James Ellins, born and enlisted in Redditch, Service
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No 32831, 2 Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales, (Royal Berkshire Regiment) killed in
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action, 26 April 1918, Western European Theatre. Buried Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-
Bretonneux Department de la Somme, Picardie, France.

Private James Ellins – source: www.findagrave.com
Remembered on St Stephen’s. St Stephen’s Church and St George’s war memorials, Redditch.
On Ancestry site Probate records it stated that James Ellins of 48 Marsden Road, Redditch, died at Amiens,
France and his widow was Ellen Elizabeth Annie Ellins. On 1911 census James Ellins aged 23, Warehouseman,
lived with his parents Mathew and Mary Ellins and siblings at 48 Marsden Road, Redditch.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 13 July
1918

Astwood Bank Man Killed – Official information has been received by Mr and Mrs
Redding, of Butler Street, Astwood Bank, that their third son, Pte. Frank Redding, aged 22 of
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the Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in action by a machine-gun on June 15 , when
taking part in a counter attack.
Ancestry site Military records
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Frank Redding, Service No 241413, 1/7 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, resided and
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enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 15 June 1918, Italy. Buried Magnaboschi British
Cemetery, Veneto, Italy.
Remembered Astwood Bank war memorial and Astwood Bank Baptist Church memorial.
(On the 1911 census Frank Redding aged 15 lived with his parents Henry and Emily Redding at Butler Street,
Astwood Bank. He was a Litho Stone Preparer)

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