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1 Schl 8 Alick Pretty Cecil Norman Burrow 11 Swansbrk Lane The Orchard Chesterfield House, WORLD WAR I Chch & W Memial Droitwich Road Droitwich Road Astwd Lane Died: 06.08.15 Died. 22.07.18 Mill Lane 9 6 Needle Mill Born Bradley Green, 1892, one of the eight Born Tibberton, 1891 to Thomas and Amy children of Charles (a hay man) and Jane. By Burrow. By 1901 the family were living on the Rose & Cr n P/H 1911 the family lived in Feckenham. Alexander, a Road. Cecil had two elder brothers domestic gardener, enlisted in the forces in Hubert and Geoffrey and a younger sister Playing Field 10 . In September 1915, he was reported Dorothy. In 1911, Cecil was working on a farm in ‘The Fallen’ missing in action at Gallipoli. It was not until Yatton, near Ross-on-Wye. The Sque March 1916 that they were sent official B Brk 7 People with a village Private M2/149228 C.N. Burrow of the 626th connection in 1914. information that he had been killed. 21370 Private 12 Alexander Pretty, 4th Battalion M.T. Company, Army Service Corps died aged 3 More information can be 4 Regiment, died aged 23. He is remembered on 26. Buried in Lumbo British Cemetery in 1 Village Hall found in the church of St the Helles Memorial, panels 104 -113, (Turkey). Mozambique. High Seet after the centenary of each death. 5 Drtwich Road 8 7 2 B Brk The Fest P/H Alcest Road Enoch Parker Mrs Lane Egbert Dolphin Key 45 High Street C 2 www.feckenhamww1.org.uk DIED M 5 Moors Lane? Died: 27.05.17 Y Died: 18.11.16 Born 1886, Feckenham, to Joshua (farmer) and CM Born 1878 in Feckenham, one of the seven Emma (grocer). In 1911 the family had moved 9 from The Square to the High Street, Feckenham, MY children of David & Mary Ann Dolphin. where Enoch, still at home, was working as a CY On 28.02.16, Egbert Dolphin of 46 William William Styler groom. Prior to enlisting, Enoch was working on CMY Street, St Thomas, enlisted in the Canadian over-seas Expeditionary Force. He died aged 39 a farm. 35095 Private Enoch Parker, 2nd K 6 Mill Lane Died: 23.03.18 and is buried in Regina Trench cemetery, Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, died from Grandcourt (on the Somme), France. Although Born Feckenham, 1895, to Thomas and Elizabeth Styler. children. By 1911 William was living back with his wounds aged 30. He is buried in Sunken Road John and Edgar’s names are on the memorial, He lived with his grandmother Rebecca Willies. Three parents, working as a cycle enameller. He enlisted shortly Cemetery, Boisleux-St Marc, near Arras, France. this appears to be an error, as only Egbert served doors away, William’s father, Thomas (needle stamper) before 20.11.15. William is recorded as dying on and was killed. and mother (needle burnisher), were living with 24.03.18, but his body was never found. He is Williams’s five brothers and sisters, the survivors of 15 remembered on the Arras memorial to the missing. 6 Frank Owen 3 4 5 12 Astwood Lane Alfred George Gould Edgar Thomas Ernest Hicks Died: 05.12.16 Born, Feckenham,1894, one of eight children of Brook House, Hawthorne 10 High Street Alfred (agricultural labourer) and Eva (needle Droitwich Road box paperer). In 1911 Frank was making needles 18 High Street Died: 12.08.17 Died: 07.06.17 in . Frank tried to join the forces Died: 24.04.17 Born Feckenham, 1890. Ernest was living with three times before being accepted into the Born Feckenham, 1881, to William and Frances Born 1896, the elder of two sons of Thomas, a his grandparents in 1911, working as a printers Worcestershire Regiment on 14.9.14. He Gould. William was a senior partner in the farmer, and Elizabeth. In 1911 the family were press man. Ernest enlisted into the forces early in became ill and was discharged that December. family needle and fish hook business. In 1911 living on the High Street, Feckenham but moved the war as he got to France at the end of March A year later he joined 10th Battalion of the Black the family were living in Feckenham and Alfred to Woodside Avenue, , prior to Edgar 1915. Bombardier 830398 Ernest Hicks, 341st Watch, serving in Greece. S/11768 Private Frank was in Norwich working as an upholstery enlisting. Edgar initially served as 27728 Private Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (territorial force), Owen died of dysentery aged 22. salesman. Private 25486 Alfred George W. within the 12th Battalion of the Worcestershire died from wounds 12th August 1917, aged 27. He is buried in Salonika (Lembit Road) Military Gould, 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Regiment and later in the Hampshires. He died He is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery Cemetery, Greece. His brother William, (5 Mill Lancashire Regiment died on 7th June 1917 and aged 29. He is remembered on the Doiran IV.B.40 near Poperinge, Belgium. Lane) who also joined in 1914, served in the 9th is buried in Wulverghem – Lindenhoek Road Memorial to the missing, in Greece. Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment in Military Cemetery, Belgium. Gallipoli and Mesopotamia.

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English and Co’s factory at 42 High Street. Street. High 42 at factory Co’s and English

houses, and carried by wheelbarrow to be finished at John John at finished be to wheelbarrow by carried and houses,

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death.

have a ceramic poppy added to it on the centenary of each each of centenary the on it to added poppy ceramic a have

major village festivals. An art installation in the north aisle will will aisle north the in installation art An festivals. village major

Exhibition can be found here, in our only public building, at at building, public only our in here, found be can Exhibition

The war memorial is in the churchyard. Our Commemorative Commemorative Our churchyard. the in is memorial war The

Church of St John the Baptist the John St of Church

lives in the Great War. Great the in lives

records the names of 18 teachers and scholars who gave their gave who scholars and teachers 18 of names the records

each other through the village school. A memorial in the school the in memorial A school. village the through other each

Most of the men and boys who went to war would have known known have would war to went who boys and men the of Most School

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English and Co’s factory at 42 High Street. Street. High 42 at factory Co’s and English

houses, and carried by wheelbarrow to be finished at John John at finished be to wheelbarrow by carried and houses,

the end of Mill Lane, probably pointed by piecework in local local in piecework by pointed probably Lane, Mill of end the

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burial on 4.6.17. on burial near Ypres, Belgium Ypres, near Needle mill and factory and mill Needle

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pneumonia. His body was brought here for for here brought was body His pneumonia. in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery II.O.8, II.O.8, Cemetery Military New Brandhoek in

Garrison Artillery, died aged 33. 33. aged died Artillery, Garrison

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injured and returned to a military hospital in in hospital military a to returned and injured Stephen Rumsey, 8th Corps H.Q. Remounts, Remounts, H.Q. Corps 8th Rumsey, Stephen

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Royal Garrison Artillery. 78344 Sergeant Wilfred Wilfred Sergeant 78344 Artillery. Garrison Royal

Battalion Royal Regiment was was Regiment Warwickshire Royal Battalion were living in Colchester. RX4/145984 Private Private RX4/145984 Colchester. in living were

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on 2.12.15 and was mobilised on 8.5.16 into the the into 8.5.16 on mobilised was and 2.12.15 on

that August. 201713 Sergeant F.W. Styler, 5th 5th Styler, F.W. Sergeant 201713 August. that forces in December he and his wife and two sons sons two and wife his and he December in forces

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22.03.16 and had been promoted to Sergeant by by Sergeant to promoted been had and 22.03.16 London. By 1915, when he enlisted in the armed armed the in enlisted he when 1915, By London.

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as an assistant school master. He enlisted on on enlisted He master. school assistant an as Feckenham. By 1911, Stephen moved to to moved Stephen 1911, By Feckenham.

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High Street. Frank was in Handsworth working working Handsworth in was Frank Street. High Ruth. By 1891 the family had moved to to moved had family the 1891 By Ruth.

Thomas (a cattle dealer) and Sarah. Wilfred had had Wilfred Sarah. and dealer) cattle (a Thomas

William had died and Fanny was living on the the on living was Fanny and died had William four children of Stephen (farm worker) and and worker) (farm Stephen of children four

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records the names of 18 teachers and scholars who gave their gave who scholars and teachers 18 of names the records

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CMY You can help Feckenham 1914 -1918 The map on this leaflet shows only those K This is the first iteration of this village map, based upon the who were lost from the village. In 1911 (the nearest date for which we have reliable evidence) excellent research of Richard Pearce whose family lived at 43 Feckenham was a village of some 145 families. Within 7 years, High Street. We know that some of the addresses are not quite many of those families had seen their men sign up to fight. right, and family histories may need correction. Lost from the wider Parish : By 1919, around 20 households had lost fathers and sons, and • Edgar Badger, Ham Green. Aged 15 in 1911. a generation of friends and neighbours were lost. If you know more, please let us know and we will produce a corrected version before the 100th anniversary of 1918. • James Crooke, Callow Hill. Aged 17 in 1911. These men left families employed in a mix of rural • Harry Farmer, Bradley Green. Aged 23 in 1911. occupations, local economy (there were several shops and Contact: Richard Pearce, [email protected], suppliers in the village) and in the needle industry, waning Steve Fletcher, [email protected], • Albert Fisher, Astwood Bank. Aged 31 in 1911. from its heyday of 200 employees. The remaining factory 01527 894568 • Frederick Harris, Stock Green. Aged 18 in 1911. (42 High Street) was coming to the end of its business life, and by 1914 many men and women walked to Redditch to make Principal sources used up to March 2015: • Harry Hopcroft, , had emigrated to Canada. cycles and motors. • Census returns, 1911. • Charles Newman, Callow Hill. Aged 14 in 1911. • War diaries & service records - Feckenham was by no means isolated. At least three of the 23 National Archives & Ancestry • Harry Richmond, Feckenham Road, Astwood Bank, • Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site WORLD WAR I names commemorated on the war memorial were not born in FECKENHAM Aged 18 in 1911. the parish and four had moved away before the war. Not • Local newspapers of the time WORLD WAR I • Naval & Military Press. • Arthur Watton, family in Holberrow Green, Arthur had everyone who survived returned to live in Feckenham. Today, there are thought to be no close living relatives of the dead in FECKENHAM moved to Hook. the village, although we believe there are some in surrounding • Harold Watton, Holberrow Green. Aged 19 in 1911. parishes.

Please enjoy the Commemorative Walk Also on the War Memorial but connection unknown: • Walk safely • Ernest Pearce – born in Stroud 1893/4 but enlisted at • Do not disturb the current householders. Redditch from Feckenham. Information can be found at www.feckenhamww1.org.uk • To find out more, go to the exhibition in the church. Details will go up on the centenary of each death. www.feckenhamww1.org.uk www.feckenhamww1.org.uk