Regimental/Unit Information
Unit of interest
2/8 th Bn The Worcestershire Regiment
5 th Army
182 nd Brigade
62 st Division
Soldier
Pte F Webb
FREDERICK CHARLES WEBB
Private
263047
2nd/8th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment
who died on
Sunday 31st March 1918. Age 35.
Regiment
Information
2/8th Battalion
Formed at Worcester in September 1914. January 1915 : attached to 2nd Gloucester & Worcester Brigade, 2nd South Midland Division. August 1915 : formation became 183rd Brigade, 61st Division. 11 February 1918 : transferred to 182nd Brigade, 61st Division.
Individual
Information
Private Webb is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, this and the date of death indicate that he was involved with the German spring offensive of 1918 known as the "Michael Offensive".
