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Private Thomas Parry, (38206), 2 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, born in Feckenham,
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resided and enlisted in Redditch, killed in action, 29 September 1918, Western European
Theatre. Buried Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, Epehy, Picardie, France. Husband of Elsie Jane
Parry, 3 Kathleen Place, Evesham Street, Redditch, aged 26.
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch.
(He was born in 1892 in the Alcester District. On the 1911 census Thomas Parry aged 19, Cycle Worker, lived
with his parents Tom and Elizabeth Parry and siblings in Walkwood Road, Hunt End.

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Private Harry Stanton, (43930), 1 Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire
Regiment), born in Headless Cross, resided in Redditch, enlisted in Worcester, killed in action,
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29 September 1918, Western European Theatre. Formerly (26017), Worcestershire
Regiment. Buried Noyelles-sur-l’Escaut Communal Cemetery, France. Mother Ada L.
Stanton of 52 Prospect Road, Redditch..

Private Harry Stanton – source: www.findagrave.com
Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross as George Stanton.
(On the 1911 census Harry aged 17, Fish Hook Maker, was boarding at 74 Evesham Road, Headless Cross. His
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brother George aged 13 was also boarding there as well. George was killed in action 10 September 1918.
They were boarding with their brother Ronald Bruce Stanton aged 21 and his wife May On the 1901 census the
brothers lived with their parents Thomas and Ada L. Stanton and siblings at 101 Birchfield Road, Headless
Cross.)

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