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George Ball Bham Weekly Post 2.9.16 etc Born and lived Nechells 3rd son of Henry and Charlotte Ball of 257, Thimble Mill Lane, Nechells. Another source says 163. His father had enlisted aged 52 but was discharged as unfit after a few months. Two brothers serving in France - one Worcs, one South...

Presumably he survived?

Sgt Arthur Morton 5243 Killed in action 7.6.17. Named on the menin Gate. 10thBn. Born Small Heath, enlisted Smethwick.

Out of interest at Longeval there was an 'Aston Trench' and a 'Villa Trench'

At the start of the war there were four Territorial battalions of the Warwicks - 1/5, 1/6. 1/7 and 1/8. They had been raised in peacetime for home defence but were given the option of overseas service. Those who did not volunteer formed second line battalions with additional recruits - 2/5, 2/6...

A 1/8th man with a number 2691 died of wounds on 12.11.15

You are on the wrong site for a KOYLI man - join the Great War Forum and make an appeal.

You need to give more details - 1901 and 1911 census. Medal cards. 213 Smiths were killed in the Warwicks in the First World War.

Corporal James Meredith Thiepval Memorial

Private Arthur Meredith on the Thiepval Memorial. This part of the panel needs re-engraving

Brother Arthur 241644 1/6th. Bham Weekly Post 16.9.16. His sister Mrs Holden of 113, Whitmore Street, Hockley, posted an appeal for information in the Missing Soldiers Bureau of the Bham Weekly Post.

He does not have the 1914 Star or the 1914/15 Star which means he saw active service no earlier than January 1916. The six figure Warwicks number might suggest a Territorial (but there were eight battalions of these). Do not assume local men were more likely to join the Warwicks, particualrly as...

If he has the Mons Star he can only be 1st or 2nd Battalion. The 1st Battalion was in India from at least about 1898-1912 when they returned home and were based at Shorncliffe Camp, Folkestone until they were sent to France in August 1914 as part of the BEF. 2nd Bn were in Malta from 1912 and...

Lloyd's name fits. As he did not receive the 14/15 Star he did not arrive in theatre until January 1916 at the earliest. So.... 1. He was not an original volunteer in 1914 2. May have joined as a volunteer in 1915 but not in time to join any of the 11 battalions already in France/Belgium by the...

He could have served in some capacity in both World Wars but was 23 in 1914 so served in the First World War. To say he was at Ypres does not help. 15 battalions of the Warwicks served on the Western Front, many in the Ypres Salient. First step - visit the Long Long Trail web site and find...

He is mentioned in the Bham Weekly Post 21.4.17 with little extra detail than CWGC apart from having at that time a brother serving in France. 1/8th War Diary.... On the day of his death 1/8 relieved 18/Welsh Rgt in or near the front line at Driencourt village, Buire Wood, Agache Copse and...

I did a summary from the War Diary before Chris's reply was posted. It appears to have been lost in the ether.

Hello Terry Arthur Vickers service number was 8547 There is a good biographical article about Arthur in the Birmingham Historian Issue 28 Spring 2006 pages 5-12 by Chris Sutton.

Terry what is the evidence that the photo is September of that year and that they are reservists? Arthur Vickers left the army in 1908 and then worked at GEC, Witton. In 1914 he was supposed to have re-enlisted after five rejections because of his height. This suggests that he was a time-expired...

Very interesting pics. He was a member of the RAMC - Royal Army Medical Corps. The Anzac Coves obviously sound Australian.