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Redditch Heritage Redditch Somme Casualties

Private Harry George Mason
Served In: 2/7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 20229
Born: Astwood Bank, Worcestershire Died 1916 20th November

Remembered: Thiepval Memorial, France
On local memorial at: Astwood Bank war memorial and Astwood Bank Baptist Church war memorial
More Information see The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 23rd
December 1916 and Private Harry George Mason, 2/7th Worcestershire Regiment is remembered on
the Battle of the Somme Roll of the Honour at:-
http://somme-roll-of-honour.com/Alphabet/mas.htm

Private Fred McQuay
Served In: 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 215
Born: Redditch, Worcestershire Died 1916 30th July

Remembered: Thiepval memorial, Picardie, France
On local memorial at: St Stephen's war memorial, Redditch Bidford War Memorial St Stephen's
Church war memorial, Redditch

More Information see The Birmingham Daily Mail – Monday 21st August 1916 and Private Fred
McQuay, 14th Royal Warwickshire Regiment is remembered on the Battle of the Somme Roll of Honour
at:- http://somme-roll-of-honour.com/Alphabet/mc8.htm. Some information about him at:-Source:-
http://www.bidfordwarmemorial.co.uk/bidford-fallen

Private S. Millward

Served In: 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 14637
Born: Not known Wounded 1916
More Information see The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 26th August
1916

Private Charles Frederick Newman
Served In: 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich) London
Born: Feckenham, Worcestershire Died 1916 1st October

Remembered: Thiepval Memorial, France
On local memorial at: St John the Baptist, Feckenham
More Information see Private Charles Frederick Newman, 1/20th London, is remembered on the
Battle of the Somme Roll of Honour at:- http://somme-roll-of-honour.com/Alphabet/new.htm

Private Charles Osborne
Served In: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Born: Redditch, Worcestershire Died 1916 5th July

Remembered: Thiepval Memorial, Picardie, France
On local memorial at: St Stephen's war memorial, Redditch
More Information see The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 26th August
1916, wounded. Private Charles Osborne, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters is remembered on the
Battle of the Somme Roll of Honour at:- http://somme-roll-of-
honour.com/Units/british/1st_sherwood_foresters.htm

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