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    Royal Warwickshire Regiment

    May 21 1916 the actual date
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    Royal Warwickshire Regiment

    The 2/6th, along with the 2/5th, 2/7th & 2/8th Royal Warwickshire were originally raised in the opening weeks of the war as reserve battalions for the 1/6th battalion etc However the war office decided to send them to France in the newly created 61st Infantry Division. They went on active...
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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    Then there is the family published on 8 September 1916 in the Birmingham Daily Gazette
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    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    found this in the Birmingham Daily Post published on 11 August 1916
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    10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1918

    I have taken this from the 19th Division HQ War Diary and it is the last but one page from a narrative of events undertaken by the Division from the 9 to 19 April 1918. Regards Terry
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    Royal Warwickshire Regiment

    in the 1918 absent voters book there is a Cecil Aldridge A1298 serving in the 20th Bn KRRC with the address 2 back 25 Bristol Street. The photo above looks like a pre-war Territorial Camp so he may have decided to join another regiment during the war. I found no Cecil Edward Aldridge serving in...
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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

    Several Warwickshire County cricketers served in the Birmingham Pals plus these two former Villa players who served in the 3rd Birmingham Battalion.
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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

    Yes Steve it was the 1st Birmingham Battalion Sports Day in Sutton Park
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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

    Taken from the Birmingham Daily Post 6 August 1916
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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

    Ghosts One evening, ere the final fall of dark, I walk'd awhile alone in Sutton Park And view'd, with pleasure subtly mixed with pain, The old familiar land-marks once again. There, there before my memory-clouded eyes, I saw the shades of yesterday arise. Beneath the pallid summer-evening moon...
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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

    I have a few pictures, the small type, of the 16th Royal Warwickshire on active service that belonged to an officer of the battalion. Terry
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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

    Here is a picture of the drums and bugles platoon of the 3rd Birmingham Battalion. On active service these would become stretcher bearers. The soldier marked with an "X" is Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien the brother of J.R.R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings etc) As you can see the men are now wearing...
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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

    Hi Steve During 1915 Charlie Chaplin films were so popular that various Birmingham cinemas held competitions for the best Charlie Chaplin impersonator. No Doubt the Pals in your picture were doing the same. Terry (now I know who outbid me for this postcard on ebay!!!)
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    The Birmingham Pals in the Great War

    Members of the 2nd Birmingham Battalion (15th Royal Warwickshire) being inspected at Codford St Mary on Salisbury Plain. The picture was taken few days before they went onto active service in France on 21 November 1915. Terry
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