Page 80 - WW1 - 1918

Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 3 August
1918

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Wounded
Davis J. (241389) from Redditch
Parry T. (38206) from Redditch
Missing
Adams H. (203809) from Redditch
Banks H. - Corpl (28727) from Redditch
Chambers J. W. (25135) from Redditch
(On Ancestry site Military records, John William Chambers, (
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Service No 25135, 1 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born in Studley, resided in
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Redditch, enlisted in Stourbridge, died, 7 August 1918, Western European Theatre. Buried
Rocquigny Communal Cemetery, France. )
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On the 1911 census John Chambers, aged 13, lived with his parents, Harry and Jane Chambers at Green Lane,
Studley.)

Clarke W. F. (30698) from Redditch
Smith F. (23949) from Redditch
Wright H. E. (15220) from Redditch

Other Local Casualties
Missing
Allen H. - Sergt. (50674) – Royal Berks from Redditch
Wells A. G. (38622) – Royal Berks from Redditch

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Evening Despatch – Wednesday 7 August 1918

War Honours
Midland Men to receive the Military Medal
Redditch – Spr. T. J. Boswell, R. E.

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