Sorry - I was confused as I did not think we were considering St Agatha's. I wonder if either St Barnabas had a war memorial or the clubyes jan i meant we can discount agathas as they have their war memorial
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Re the exact nature of the group ; can we answer the question - why would this group comprise predominantly young men (18-20) with three men in their 30s ? Was it a typical model of a voluntary trained fighting group ? Viv
I suspect the Stoney Lane one became what was the TA Barracks but is now the Army Reserve Centre. Still active - round the corner from where I live - that is how I know. Would think if they had a plaque it would still be there.
I don't have a newspaper subscription but did find this dated 8 November 1926
. MEMORIAL. UNVEILED AT STONEY - LANE BARRACKS. Two memorial tablets in honour of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 3rd South Midland Brigade of the B.F.A. who fell in the war, were unveiled at Stoney-lane Barracks,
It looks as if they only named men in the RFA
Some speculation ... I just have the feeling that such a memorial would be placed in a church.
With reference to the St Barnabas Club (1915) mentioned in post#200 it was likely connected with the nearby St Barnabas church, and maybe the young men were connected with the club and after WW1 a memorial was placed in the church.
St Barnabas church was damaged in WW2 bombing and during repairs in those days they would take care that the memorial was looked after.
It could be that after 1945, the Mason family added their son's name to the bottom of the memorial and the memorial was put back in the church.
In 1970 a fire resulted in an extensive rebuild and the church became much smaller. It could be that during the rebuild the memorial was not taken care of and ended up somewhere else.
Since 1970 there could have been other modifications to the church.
Forensics ! I like it. Viv
See picture in #48 - this seems to show that the boards were very different and even if there was another board inside there were rather more names.Have we discounted St Paul's? I had noticed that in 1970 it had been vandalised.