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Victor Welsby
Ancestry site Military records
Private Victor Welsby, born in Redditch, resided in Alcester, enlisted in Redditch, Service No
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14299, 1 /7 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action 9 October 1917 Belgium,
aged 21. Private Victor Emmanuel Welsby is remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium,
panels 75 to 77. He was the son of Mrs Edith Welsby of the Priory, Alcester.
Victor Welsby – source:-www.findagrave.com
(On the 1911 census Victor Emmanuel Welsby, aged 15, Apprentice, lived with his widowed mother Edith and
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siblings at Priory Road, Alcester. Victor Emmanuel Welsby was baptised on 23 February 1896 in Studley and
his parents were James William and Edith Ellen Welsby.)
He is remembered on Worcestershire Regiment Roll of Honour at:-
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/roll_honour_WW1_S
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