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    st georges school newtown

    St George's Newtown where the great Gordon 'Sid' Cowans went to school. He was in the team that shared the Villa Cup with Great Barr c1973.
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    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    It was spelt Alderlea Boys and was in Alderpits Road, Shard End. Built in the 1950s but closed in the 1980s as a consequence of falling rolls. Now a housing estate. Longmeadow Girls, also Shard End, was its 'sister' school.
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    Ravenhill

    HI Keith, I have checked back and all my info on George Ravenhill VC is in a Word file I attached to an earlier message in the Ravenhill thread. I am interested in anything om George himself - if so e-mail me on [email protected] Alan
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    Royal Warwickshire 1/6 Battalion

    BTW the antelopes of the RWR spent most of the war in Regents Park Zoo in an enclosure next door to some bears of a Canadian unit.
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    Royal Warwickshire Regiment.WW1

    Pte Arthur Sheppard A Company, 1/5th Bn RWR (not 1/8th) 5343 Killed in action 18 July 1916 when helping to defend trenches which had been captured from the enemy Aged 28 Born Bham Pre-war employed by the Potasi Silver Co,Newhall St,Bham Enlisted Bham November 1915 Husband of Rose at 1 back.19...
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    Labour Corps : Help & advice please

    Join the Great War Forum and post a request for Labour Corps help. There is at least one guy on there who is very knowledgable.
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    Help needed, Royal Warwicks

    The problem you have is that he survived. First thing to do - check Long Long Trail web site for helpful advice.
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    Birmingham City Transport memorial

    Are regiments given for the Great War names?
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    Let us not forget

    Accuracy is very important here. The 'national memorial' is the Cenotaph in London. The Armed Forces Memorial at Alrewas commemorates post-1945 dead.
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    Birmingham Pub Bombings

    In Heritage and Local Studies, Birmingham Reference Library, you will find files of press cuttings from the time.
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    Silver Box Dated Christmas 1914

    Actually Princess Mary, aged 17 in 1914, only daughter of George V and Queen Mary.
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    fenn royal warwickshire regiment 202106

    This is very mysterious as he was one of only two Royal Warwicks who died in modern day Tanzania. The other one is easy to understand as he was a captain attached to the Arab Rifles. 16 others from the 1st Garrison Bn died in the Sudan and were buried at Khartoum. How many more were there - we...
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    Royal Warwicks?

    Photo has not got enough definition to enlarge the badges around the collar to see if they are antelopes - the regimental badge.
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    Remembering September 11th 2001

    September 11 will be remembered as a particularly dramatic form of terrorism largely because of where it happened and the fact it was captured on film. More significant historically will be the fact that the response of Bush and the neo-con nutters was to make the whole world a much more...
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    Unitarian Brotherhood

    National Health Insurance began with the act of 1911 and covered all employed workers. There was considerable opposition from the 'vested interests' i.e. friendly societies and insurance companies who offered health benefits through the private sector. To buy off their opposition Lloyd George...
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    Aston ww1 war memorial?

    Aston Territorial war memorial
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    Castle Bromwich

    Terry is right. It was formerly a small hill overlooking the River Tame and overlooked by St Margaret's church but was cut clean through when the Chelmsley Wood collector road was built. When you come off the Newport Road island onto the collector road you are yards away from driving through the...
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    9th Warwickshires at Gallipoli

    Came from Perry Barr and was buried at sea
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    DUNKIRK

    Barn at Wormhout to commemorate massacre of the 2nd Warwicks May 1940
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    Anson Battalion

    The book I indicated is the one but you can get some feel by doing a Google search for 'Gavrelle' and also 'Royal Naval Division'. A useful web article is'The Royal Marines at Gavrelle Windmill'.
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