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    Pubs Of The Past

    I did a history of all the people who lived at the Duke Inn, Duke Street Sutton Coldfield if you are interested
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    Sutton Coldfield War Memorial

    Hi Janice Many thanks for your reply. I have checked both men again and agree about the Atherstone death. So far it is hard to link the other man to a regiment. I have played around with just putting T Mercer in but nothing jumps out as obvious! I hope you have some luck or bright ideas! We have...
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    Sutton Coldfield War Memorial

    Think we are looking at Thomas Daniel Mercer b 1879 Minworth Greaves S/C 1881 Minworth Greaves parents Edward and Elizabeth 1891 Tamworth Road Sutton Coldfield 1901Birchley Heath Ansley Warks father farmer Thomas farmers son 1911 39 Marsh Lane Erdington Thomas Daniel 31 farm bailiff b Ethel...
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    Sutton Coldfield War Memorial

    Have info on William Collett Goodwin RGA 109975 d 31.12.18 buried St James Mere Green The Green boys from Bruton George Edward Francis Jeans RWR 1/7th 268201 d 2.3.17 William Herbert Johnson RASC S4/042129 Edward Middleton Knott as already noted William Mercer kings royal rifles 9th A/1970...
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    Sutton Coldfield War Memorial

    There are a group of researchers - including a teacher at Bishop Vesey Grammar School, members of St James and St Michaels chuches (Mere Green and Boldmere), YMCA, Cricket Club, Hill Allotments, plus others who have formed suttoncoldfieldgreatwarproject. We are willing to share the work freely...
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    Sutton Coldfield War Memorial

    Tom William Green also on the memorial was the brother of Herbert William Green i have his details too their mother went to live with George Stanton in Mere Green in between 1901-1911 but I did not find the marriage think they must have met in Northamptonshire there are no other links for the...
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    Sutton Coldfield War Memorial

    Hi to Trish et al i too as part of the Sutton Coldfield Great War Project have been researching these names. we have a lot of research combing the Bishop Vesey School work Boldmere Church St James work plus several individual contributors. I have sent pdfs out widely and to the libraries and...
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