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Fabulous to see this puzzle solved! Well done, and great to see all the information about the individuals concerned, too. I wonder why so many of the men seem to have identified with denominations other than Congregationalists. I could understand more if they were all from other Free...

Sorry - omitted 1913 map.

Yes, that's the one. There's a clearer image (entitled Church of Christ on Moseley Road) on https://www.search.birminghamimages.org.uk/search.aspx . And its footprint shows up clearly on the 1913 Town Plan of Birmingham. (Right, better get on with some other work now, though this is more fun!)

This may be irrelevant now that the origin of the plaque may be about to be unveiled (interesting! ), but I think the church that you are referrring to as demolished, Viv, is the Anglican church of Christ Church, Sparkbrook. Church of Christ, Moseley Road, was United Reformed. Awaiting the answer!

I wonder if we could track down any former members of the congregation of the Church of Christ, Moseley Road, which closed in 1980 when the (United Reformed) congregation there moved to the new St Paul’s church centre on Edward Road to join with the Anglicans? It’s the building I mentioned in...

Thank you! That's a wonderful picture. I hope our ancestor didn't spend *too* much time there, though! He had a wife and kids to look after.

Just a couple of thoughts (wild stabs in the dark really)... These are two buildings in the area which I remember as having a lot of work done on them in the last 8 or so years: the building next to the Baths, which is labelled as a church in the 1910 map, and the New Inn. Here are the google...

Yes, please, Lyn. That would be most appreciated. Thanks.

My husband's great-grandfather, John Fry, was a neighbour of Harry Boucher (both lived on Sherbourne Road, Balsall Heath) when the 1911 census was taken. Looking through his enlistment documents just now I see that he (Fry) listed his 'official club' as The Flower Pot pub on Arter Street. I'm...

I'm finding this thread intriguing. Hope we can solve the mystery eventually. As Radiorails suggests for the Scouts, I think the Boys Brigade would have used their own Anchor emblem on their memorial. Certainly, they did for other Birmingham BB memorials:

Just a brief contribution re the quotation, which is from the popular American Civil War song, The Battle Hymn of the Republic. While not conventionally sung in British churches, it gained popularity with British troops in WWI. To me, this points to a club rather than a church (although I have...

Hi John, That's really interesting; thanks for posting the info. I've just emailed you, so hope you get that OK. I have been through the area where Hick Street used to be many times on the number 50 bus and never had any idea until recently!

Hi there. What a coincidence! I just came onto the forum to see if I could found out more information about John Fry (my husband's g-grandfather), who lived at Hick Street with his family until shortly before his death in 1922, and saw your post, johnfry (Hi!). It's really interesting to hear...