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2Lt. John Wills Redding MID.

British Army 7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment

from:Australia

(d.24th Apr 1918)

John Redding was the second son of Joseph James Redding (1862-1932) and Sarah Elizabeth Jones (1857-1908). He and his four brothers Joseph Ernest Redding (1888-1961), Lawrence Henry Redding (1890-1919), Harold Stanley Redding (1892-1970) and Donald Llewellyn Redding (1898-1969) all fought in the Great War.

John enlisted in 1915 from Australia where he and his brother had emigrated to in 1912. He was a Second Lieutenant in the Honourable Artillery Company and transferred to 7th BattalionEast Lancashire Regiment. He was killed in action on 24th of April 1918 and is buried at Camon in France. He was Mentioned in Despatches.



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