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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 15
September 1917
Two Headless Cross Soldiers Killed – Mrs Vale has received information to the effect that her
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husband, Sergeant Ernest Alfred Vale, of Headless Cross, near Redditch, died on the 31
August from wounds received in action. The deceased was a member of the R.F.A. (Redditch
Battery) when war broke out, and at Easter, 1915, went to France. He was 24 years of age.
Mrs Vale has received a letter from Lieut. S. G. Bennett stating that the deceased had done a
tremendous amount of useful work, and the whole battery mourned his loss.. He was badly
wounded but was probably unconscious until he died.
Acknowledgements: www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk - Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich
and Redditch Messenger
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