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Besides soldiers or sailors, merchant seamen and civilians were detained as prisoners of war. Officers and 'gentleman travellers' on...

The trees I found on Ancestry seem to have him born in Somerset and there is a record of a William Stagg in a Somersetshire regiment...

Stagg doesn't seem to be a Birmingham name, mostly West Country around that time as far as I can see. When you talk about why he joined...

The French Revolutionary Wars lasted from 1792 until 1802. There's a short peace, then the Napoleonic Wars...

I suppose Mr Fletcher wasn't much of a fan of progress and probably didn't appreciate the modern new buildings that were built on his land.

1881 compulsory purchase.

At long last I visited my uncles grave private Leslie jones RMC at Catania cemetery scicily last year I was given his name leslie as my...

Thank you all for your kind words. I want to share just a couple of photos of Eric; one of him winning the pools, which I believe he’s...

hi dave so very sorry to hear that eric has passed away...he was one of our longest serving members joining us in 2003..we had quite a...

David, I'm sorry to hear that about your uncle. Condolences to you and your family and thank you for letting us know. We too have...

So very sorry to hear this news. I didn't know him personally but enjoyed "meeting" him through his many posts. Thank you for joining...

Hi all, my uncle Eric Gibson who was a member of this forum, sadly passed away on 25th January this year, he was 90 years old. I know...

The georeferencing feature on this website is really interesting. Use the slider to change between 1851 map and current map...

Maybe some relatives. A possible obit. for Harold's wife, Marion, in the Sandwell Evening Mail 1990 which mentions 3 grand daughters -...

He appears to have had one brother and 2 sisters. Neither sister marries and they are listed on the ERs up until 1965 at Tower Road...