For the benefit of a few members or guests who may still be unaware, it might be appropriate at this stage to pay tribute to two of the major sources of information on which a fair proportion of this and similar discussions is based:
1. "Heroes of the Birmingham Air Raids" by Michael Minton, Brewin Books, 2002, - ISBN 1 85858 211 3
(The result of research by the late author into many Birmingham air raids and the acts of remarkable bravery by many people, civilian, ARP, AFS/NFS, Police, Home Guard etc. etc. which were acknowledged by various awards, sometimes posthumous).
2. The BARRA/Swanshurst website, a wonderful, searchable resource which details all the casualties of the Birmingham blitz.
Neither of these resources does of course include the personal memories of those BHF members old enough to have lived through those nights; and may they long continue to record what they remember for the benefit of all of us - and for future historians!
Chris
1. "Heroes of the Birmingham Air Raids" by Michael Minton, Brewin Books, 2002, - ISBN 1 85858 211 3
(The result of research by the late author into many Birmingham air raids and the acts of remarkable bravery by many people, civilian, ARP, AFS/NFS, Police, Home Guard etc. etc. which were acknowledged by various awards, sometimes posthumous).
2. The BARRA/Swanshurst website, a wonderful, searchable resource which details all the casualties of the Birmingham blitz.
Neither of these resources does of course include the personal memories of those BHF members old enough to have lived through those nights; and may they long continue to record what they remember for the benefit of all of us - and for future historians!
Chris