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Hi Mia, The good people of Twickenham and Richmond have done brilliant work researching their refugees. You may find info particularly regarding the "Belgian Village on the Thames" here: https://easttwickenham.org/ww1-belgian-refugee-project/

This family eventually all left Prestatyn for Birmingham: The Briatte Family – who, it appears, stayed at “Beach House”, moved on to find employment in Birmingham. They wrote to the committee: + + 20th of March, 1915 Dear Mademoiselle, I take upon myself, on behalf of all the Briatte family...

That's brilliant. Thank you very much.

Refugees most certainly worked in munitions factories - in my area (at Sandycroft and Rhuddlan) to a small extent, but in Birtley 3,500, Letchworth 2,000 and East Twickenham 6,000 Belgians worked in the factories. In Birtley (North East) a whole village was built - Elisabethville - to...

I'm looking to connect with someone who may be researching Belgian Refugees in Birmingham during WW1 - my own research involves the Belgians who came to North East Wales, and I've just discovered that two families moved to Birmingham from Rhyl in February 1915. I understand that there is a...