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It say Killed and Injured so maybe both numbers are correct,

Yes, this was the 1st record I saw. 154 Casualties. However I got a message from the Moderator of WW II Talk forum under the title : 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment June 6th-7th 1944 Go to the CWGC site & do a search. Enter the date, Regiment & unit. 7th June 1944. Royal Warwickshire...

Bit of a trip but no family member has ever thanked John for his sacrifice or the brave young Brummies who lost their lives or were injured. Sadly the whole Battle was poorly conceived with little intel and poor communications and they all basically walked into the camouflaged German positions...

I don't know exactly how many people would have an interest in this but........ The Royal Warwickshire Regiment Re-enactment Group will be commemorating a Memorial on June 7th to the Twentynine (29) members of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment that lost their lives that day in...

And finally. John James (Jack) Wilkes born St Georges St in 1917 was my father's favourite brother and my uncle. He served with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in WWII. On June 6th he stormed ashore on Sword Beach and fought their way into Lebisey with a view to meeting up...

The Hockley Social Club is listed as 60 Hampton street but the social area looks to be in the footprint of The Birmingham Arms. My family lived not 30 yards from there (I'm sure The Birmingham Arms was frequented by them often) and I am planning on having a bite to eat there and a beer (sadly...

Found this today. My dad was born in 1920 so this is a little earlier. Still the right area and still interesting. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/misery-faced-desperately-poor-vile-23638516?fbclid=IwAR0xQpnawA1qKvuaAn2foziXSmZJ7RGsKIkjthd4ebSFp86Xn8R1Q8Ic3tM

As mikejee says : National Archives signed a deal with Findmypast and so Ancestry does not have access to it. Findmypast has monetised this by charging for each page you wish to see. (£3.50)

The return of Trafalgar Square (1932)

Coop Building today #48 Seems to have retain it's Shabby Chic look ...

Last "Dad Story" Social History is often littered with moments that if not passed on can easily be lost. This one stuck with me. My father was posted to just outside Norwich where he met my mother. As was customary he went to meet "The Parents" for Sunday tea (a generous portion of shrimps I'm...

It was light industry in the early 1980s and that was the story given to me by the man working there and......... I was shown the pipes in the ceiling. Of course, was he making it up? Maybe ? Thanks Lyn

Let me thank you all for the help and information. It is MUCH appreciated. John (Charlie) Wilkes (Charlie is what my dad called me)

I have seen the Coop photo also (this CWS is above the door) PS - On recollection, I believe the public baths were situated BEFORE you get to the Coop. Seems to have been demolished.

Many thanks for this excellent Photo. This would have been dads local. There would have been houses where the wooden fence is and an entry there would have led into Court 11. Further down the street are buildings with corrugated roofs. Looking at Google maps they are still there (now a car...

I was in St Georges St 1982 (Coop and the building that was the public baths were still there) and one of those lamp posts was still there also. Birmingham Arms end, school side of the street. I imagined kids swinging from a piece of rope tied to the crossbar at the top. Simple pleasures.

Terrible times and so sad. The only consolation I have was with those in The Carpenters Arms at the end on the Street. They may have considered that they were in the RIGHT place at the WRONG time.

Hi Janice. Trafalgar Square was mentioned in 1911 and on my Grandfather wedding certificate also mentioned it in 1917 but not on the1921 Census. Sadly my Great-Grandfather who had limited schooling filled out the Census Form (in pencil) and listed it as Court 11 House 4. Had they dropped names...

Wonder if the was a Waterloo Square or Ladysmith Square (tee-hee)