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    Royal Warwickshire 1st Battalion

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    ww1 conscientious objectors

    You need some facts.. c16100 conscientious objectors Of these.... 3300 opted for non-combatant corps 2400 worked in ambulances or as stretcher-bearers at the front 3964 accepted alternative work at home 6261 served at least one prison sentence. But only 1350 of these were absolutists who...
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    ww1 conscientious objectors

    There is no evidence to suggest that any of the 16000 were shirkers as implied. There was ,however, plenty of 'propaganda' at the time from a variety of sources to suggest that was the case.
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    ww1 conscientious objectors

    All men who sought an exemption from military service had to appear before a local tribunal. The 'interrogations' were widely reported in local newspapers. However, the bigger problem is finding the newspaper most likely to cover the Billesley area. Heritage, Bham Reference Library might to be...
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    Royal Warwickshire 16th Battalion

    You need Terry Carter's book on the Bham Pals or he might see this and post. His death was reported in the Bham Weekly Post 2.12.16 but with little extra detail - enlisted early in the war. Born Bham, enlisted Aston.
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    Mason Fredrick

    Re: Fredrick Mason Hi Tony Not much extra - Bham Weekly Post 2.9.1916 he is indicated as missing. Any information to Mr A Mason, 114, Gerrard St, Lozells.
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    Bradnock Marsh

    Bradnocks Marsh was historically a part of Berkswell parish with Hampton in Arden on the other side the River Blythe which runs through it. It was a small hamlet but noted for its water meadows and grazing. Berkswell reared a lot of cattle in the 16thC. There was a family called Bradnock in...
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    Castle Bromwich Hall

    Dianne wrote "but I have found that local history of Castle Bromwich is quite limited". You need to get hold of my 'Castle Bromwich in the Reign of George III' for a snapshot at one period of time. Published 1970s by the Chelmsley Local History Society.
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    Royal Warwickshire 2/8 Battalion

    Sorry to be pedantic but it is necessary to point out that the battle honours listed are for the entire Regiment not just one battalion.
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    Royal Warwickshire 2/8 Battalion

    Correction. The Hamilton book is not 'all about the Royal Warwickshire Regiment' but is very good on the 1st Battalion of regulars in the first 9 months of the war i.e. until Hamilton got a blighty one. For the 2/8th Territorials you need to consult 'Black Square Memories. History of the 2/8th...
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    newspaper lookup-Walsall Observer

    Join the Great War Forum and search under Walsall newspapers. There should be lots there.
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    Aston Barracks

    The reason why you have not found one Terry is that it was not a separate building. Going from memory pre-1914 the drill hall was above the Villa gymnasium which was part of the old Aston Lower Grounds building complex part of which was incorporated when the ground was built in 1897. That is...
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    Missing Troops WW1

    This is very shoddy journalism. I have looked up one of the names on CWGC and we have the names of both parents and their address and his name is on the Loos memorial. Missing in action in NW France will be on the Ploegsteert, Le Touret, Loos and Arras memorials to the missing and be in the CWGC...
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    The Bradford Arms, Castle Bromwich

    Sorry this is lengthy. I have edited it from my 'Castle Bromwich in the reign of George III ' published as a booklet by the Chelmsley Local History Society in 1977. I used the Bradford/Bridgeman archive at Staffordshire County Record Office. VILLAGE INNS At different times four inns are...
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    Army records found.

    BBC web site... The records could potentially reveal the whereabouts of individuals whose remains were never found, or never identified. Grave after grave in the World War I cemeteries mark the last resting place of an unknown soldier. Do not get carried away with all this as there are no...
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    History Of Boaties!

    If anyone is looking for a Birmingham narrow boat connection can I recommend documentation that exists in Heritage/Local Studies in Birmingham Reference. Under the Canal Boats Act (1877 from memory) boats had to be registered with a local authority. The register for Birmingham gives owner...
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    First World War Brummie diary now on the web

    No we have just crossed. I was on the Somme in high winds last Saturday with St Paul's RC Girls School, Edgbaston and back again last Tuesday with Enfield County School. I told Dawn at the Thiepval Visitors' Centre that you were coming out soon and might visit more often in future! Alan
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    First World War Brummie diary now on the web

    Tom Morgan has just posted my material on Captain Arthur Impey, 79th Bde, RFA on his Hellfire Corner web site(google Tom Morgan to find it). Impey lived in Longbridge and his brother was a co-founder of Kalamazoo.
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    Youth hostelling with the school.

    Early 1970s my mate Terry,other staff and myself ran YHA trips for kids of Great Barr School which included... Stow on the Wold Shrewsbury Wilderhope pre-modernisation Bridges Malvern Ludlow and others I cannot remember
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    Old Birmingham Schools - Changed Or Demolished

    St George's Newtown Edit. Link to St Georges School thread is here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/st-georges-school-newtown.32742/
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