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    Ravenhill

    George Ravenhill VC I attach the article I gave to the Local Studies Department. Alan
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    Ravenhill

    George Ravenhill VC Yes thanks , Alf. I have gone further and done detailed research into this man. A copy has been placed in the Local Studies Department of the Reference Library. Alan
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    Ravenhill

    Interesting link to Gloucestershire. I am interested in two brothers, George Ravenhill, born c1829, and Thomas Ravenhill born c1840; at Waddon/Whaddon near Gloucester. They both came to Birmingham - Aston/Nechells area. In 1881 Thomas was living in Thimble Mill Street, Nechells. He had married...
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    Rifle Brigade

    There is a Minchin C listed on the Bham Roll of Honour c1925 and therefore should be in the books in the Hall of Memory. Only detail given - Rifleman, KRRC.
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    Rifle Brigade

    Allso join the Great War Forum and post a query. There may be an expert on the Rifle Brigade or even this battalion. Someone may have the war diary.
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    royal warwickshire regiment

    What exactly is meant by list? I have never seen enlistment dates as such apart from they might be mentioned in individual stories about a casualty? Alan
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    royal warwickshire regiment

    I have a database of all Royal Warwicks deaths. Service numbers 5031 and 5032 are the nearest to 5035 and both were 1st/6th RWR Territorials. But the other nearest in each direction are 5026 11th Bn and 5044 twice - 2nd and 1st/7th Bn.
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    Aston Union Infirmary Erdington 1911

    Erdington workhouse Sorry to put a bit of a dampener on this discussion. Erdington workhouse records are in the Archives Dept of Birmingham Reference Library but any within 100 years are closed to researchers,
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    Greenway Street, Small Heath

    Greenway Street There will be a directory for one of the years 1912, 1913, 1914 if not all. E.g. Kelly's. In the street section the house number and name of occupants will be given. The historical directories online site might be useful but is clumsy to use. Otherwise wherever Local Studies...
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    Anyone with Irish relatives who fought for Britain in WW1 ?

    Irish fighting for Britain Great War Incidentally my Royal Warwickshire Regiment deaths database has 386 men born in Ireland.
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    Anyone with Irish relatives who fought for Britain in WW1 ?

    Quite simply because very few'southern Irish' saw Britain as an occupying power in 1914. Britain appeared to be on a road of timely concessions to Irish national feeling - the Liberal Government was dependent on the votes of 80+ Home Rulers (elected by Catholic voters in Ireland and inaccurately...
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    Birmingham Hall of memory

    Alec Johnson He is not in the Bham Roll of Honour, 1925, which is the same the Hall of Memory list. Best advice is the Medal Index Cards first as already suggested.
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    Traveller in Hardware

    Merchant etc Where the status level of an occupation is not totally clear for 19th people where possible use a census return. If the 'trader' etc has at least one servant he is at the higher end of the urban occupational scale; no servants the lower end.
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    Traveller in Hardware

    An iron merchant in 1897 is a merchant who deals in iron i.e. buys and sells. A middle class occupation. At that date you could also have... Merchant General Merchant Export Merchant Merchant (Brazil trade) etc Foreign Merchant Jewel Merchant Hardware Merchant
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    Traveller in Hardware

    A date was needed here. In the 19thC hardware was something made of metal and not as narrow as 'ironmongery'. c1866 book title 'Bham and the Midland Hardware' district. A traveller in hardware could be a firm's salesperson to wholesale/retail rather than a 'pedlar'.
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    Aston old maps

    Aston development of A good source on the street development of Aston in this period is a booklet which came out years ago and was written by Jennifer Tann the expert on the Boulton and Watt collection in the Reference Library
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    Pte John Humphries. Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

    Pte Humphries He is also listed in the Birmingham Roll of Honour published 1925
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