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He was born 2.2.1882 son of John and Amy Vickers then at 7 Court, Woodcock St, Aston. Had four brothers and two sisters.

It would be totally disrespectful to the 138 men named on the original war memorial board if they are not commemorated on a new memorial with THEIR names.

If it is true no war memorial in the rebuilt church it is a disgrace. If the original is too badly damaged there should be a new one. I know of two people who have photos of the old one including myself.

Therefore, although a pre-war Territorial, he would not have been allowed to go out in February 1915 with the first line as he was not yet 19 - the age for service at the front. He could not get away as 'under-age' as many did as his pre-war record would show his true age. Does not help that...

For obvious reasons you cannot make deductions from a sample of those who survived. You can try to find numbering patterns from those who were killed. Therefore my deductions are the best bet to narrow down the bn. You need to know the bn to open up a wealth of other information some of which I...

Have you checked whether a pension or service record is on Ancestry? I have a database of all Royal Warwicks deaths. There are ten with a number close to his.......200363-200407 range. 4 were in 1/5th Bn 3 were in 2/5th Bn 2 were in 2/6th Bn 1 was in 9th Bn Ignore the last one - he was highly...

He has two numbers because he was a Territorial. As a private 2242 but under all Territorial renumbering in 1917 he was given a 6 figure number 200382. On his Medal card their is a code which says TF War R which reinforces this. He has no 1915 star so did not go out with any of the four first...

10th 1916..... The move came on July 19 to a different place – Becourt Wood and a bivouac in a field, which was reached in the early hours. They were heading into action as a list had already been drawn up of fifteen officers and the Colonel who would be involved. On the evening of July 20 the...

There is nothing to be amazed about or a reflection of a lack of interest in surviving sufferers from the effects of the Great War. I have a database of the almost 12000 Royal Warwicks killed but very little on survivors. One simple reason - the lack of surviving evidence. In the late 1930s...

CWGC July 1 1916... 1/8th 230 deaths - nearly 3/4 on Thiepval. 34 in Serre Road No 2 named 1/6th 156 deaths - 71% on Thiepval. 28 in Serre Road No 2 named They are all in my database with newspaper and other info. Edit - just found I am basically replying to Terry's 2007 post!

Thanks Mike - that is a logical explanation

Thanks for looking.

Sorry did not make myself clear. I have all 130 in a database and have selected two as representative for my Great War Trail of Birmingham. It is the places I am interested in. Cannot find them in Kelly's 1913.

The National Roll of the Great War Birmingham volume gives details of 130 women workers. A few are stated to work at Abrams Washwood Heath, or Abraham's Munition Works, Saltley, or Abrams, Lander (Landor?) Street. Anyone shed any light on these?

Depends whether these are Pals or not. Pals recruitment was specifically targeted at white collar workers not the manual working class.

Belgrave Terrace is just off Soho Rd just on the Library side of the railway bridge. In the early 20thC there was a drill hall at the end of it - now gone. Anyone know anything about this apart from what is on the Drill Halls web site?

Wendy - any extra bio on Colonel Wilkinson would be appreciated.

From my Great War Trail of the Birmingham area.... Barr Beacon. Colonel John Henry Wilkinson of Ashfurlong House, situated just north of the Tamworth Road between Bassetts Pole and Sutton Coldfield, bought Barr Beacon as a perpetual public memorial for the soldiers of the Staffordshire and...

That means David that he went to France with 2nd Bn and then went to 9th Bn! He could not have been in Gallipoli in February 1916 - the 9th left it on January 7 for time at Mudros, then Alexandria and on to Mesopotamia in February.

Truce if observed by all. Back to the photo - I have another copy with a slightly wider view to the right. The next building is Warwick House/Warwick Chambers which was probably the site of C&A much later. I also have a note of the date - marching to a Church Parade at St Martins - October 11...