NEED John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    NEED
  • Service Number:
    17105
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    11th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th July 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Doiran Memorial, Greece.
  • Place of Birth:
    Pershore, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William Thomas and Hannah Need, of Priest Lane, Pershore, Worcestershire

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NEED John Is Named On These Memorials

Pershore Abbey
Pershore C of E School now in Pershore Working Men’s Club
Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Bell Ringer

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Pershore Abbey with the information: Worcestershire Regiment.

Further Information About NEED John

11th Worcesters. Son of Verger Need, Engine Terrace. Died April 24th in Salonica.
Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.

A photograph of Sergeant J. Need of Pershore can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 23rd June 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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