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Edwin Victor Humphries
Ancestry site, Military records
Private Edward Victor Humphries, born in Ipsley, enlisted in Redditch, Service No 242588,
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1/5 Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, , died of wounds, 3 August 1917,
Belgium.
Forces War Records, Private Edwin Victor Humphries, born in Ipsley and resided in Redditch;
his parents were Edward George and Kate Trueman Humphries of 137 Evesham Street,
Redditch.
He is buried in Mendingheim Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave: III.B. 29.
Mendingheim Military Cemetery – source:- http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-
dead/casualty/437829/HUMPHRIES,%20EDWIN%20VICTOR
Remembered on St Stephen’s war memorial, Redditch, St Stephen’s C. of E. School war memorial and Bates Hill
Methodist Church war memorial, (now in the Ecumenical Centre) Redditch.
(On the 1911 census Edward Victor Humphries, aged 13, Butcher Boy, lived with his parents Edward George,
Master Butcher and Kate Humphries and siblings in 137 Evesham Street, Redditch.)
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Evening Despatch – Saturday 8 September 1917
Other Local Casualties
Died of Wounds
(242588) E. V. Humphries – King’s Own Royal Lancashire Regiment from Redditch
British Library image www.britishnewspaperarchives.co.uk
He is remembered on: - http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-
dead/casualty/437829/HUMPHRIES,%20EDWIN%20VICTOR
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