Page 90 - WW1 - 1918

Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

Ancestry site Military records

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Private Harold Hartles, born in Redditch, enlisted in Coventry, 30176, 8 Service Battalion,
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Gloucestershire Regiment, died 9 September 1918, Western European Theatre.
Remembered on Loos Memorial, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial.
(On 1911 census Harold Hartles, aged 17, Cycle Worker Polisher, lived with his parents, Alfred and Annie
Hartles and siblings at Littlewood Green, Studley.)

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L/Corporal David Edward Husselbee, (28405), 2/4 (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment,
born in Westheath, Worcester, resided in Redditch, enlisted in Stourbridge, killed in action,
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13 September 1918, Western European Theatre. Buried Grand Ravine British Cemetery,
Havrincourt, France.
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial and St Stephen’s Church memorial, Redditch.
On the 1911 census David Edward Husselbee, aged 12, was boarding at 5 Victoria Street, Redditch.

Gunner John Pitney, 830184, Territorial Force, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery,
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killed in action, 13 September 1918, France. Buried Peronne Communal Cemetery
Extension, Picardie, France.
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
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(Baptised as John William Percy Pitney, 23 June 1895, St Stephen’s Redditch, parents John William andAlice
Pitney. On 1911 census he is known as Percy Pitney aged Fish Hook Bearder, lived with his parents John and
Alice Pitney and siblings at Back 3, Hewell Road, Redditch.)

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