Page 17 - WW1 - 1919

Redditch Local History Society Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 5 April 1919

Worcestershire and the War
Died
Such T. Driver (167301) – R.F.A. from Webheath

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 26 April
1919

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Redditch Man Awarded D.C.M. – (13725) Cpl. (Astg. Sgt.) G. H. Twinberrow, M.M., 1 Hn.,
(S) Staff R. of Redditch, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry and
distinguished service in the field.

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 3 May 1919

Local Casualties
Died Prisoner of War
Surman W. H. (29301) – Somerset L.I from Redditch
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(On Ancestry site, Military records, William Henry Surman, 6 Battalion, Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry),born in Alvechurch, resided in Redditch, enlisted in Birmingham,
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killed in action, 23 March 1918, Western European Theatre. Buried Saint Souplet British
Cemetery, France.)
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial and St Stephen’s Church memorial, Redditch.
(On the 1911 census William aged 12, lived with his parents John and Elizabeth Surman, at 94 Oakly Road,
Redditch.)

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