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Medals to the Worcester Regiment 4 days 12 hours ago #97771

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Steve – an excellent and very appropriately timed post.

The name of William Mobberley will be honoured today in Smethwick as he appears on the Chance Brothers War Memorial there:



Apologies for the small size of the image but from another source I have a large image of the upper third panel from the left:



The last paragraph from this article in the Evening Despatch (a Birmingham newspaper of the day) tells us why he is named on the Chance Brothers War Memorial:



I should also like to point out two names on the bottom right hand panel of the memorial – Sansome & Wattis. Both Old Boys of Holly Lodge High School for Boys which had become Holly Lodge Grammar School for Boys by the time I arrived there. Harold Sansome served in Coastal Command and was drowned on 3rd October 1942 when the Wellington he was co-pilot off had to ditch in the sea near the Canary Islands. Cyril Edward Wattis served in the Royal Armoured Corps and was wounded and taken prisoner during the First Battle of Tobruk. He died of his wounds whilst still in captivity on 23rd November 1941.
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Medals to the Worcester Regiment 4 days 11 hours ago #97772

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David,
Yet another Smethwick connection! Many thanks for posting, the image of William is far better than my blurred effort!

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