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Hi loisand First of all I have to tell you that there was no such unit as the Royal Devonshire Fusiliers. There was a Devonshire Regiment, and another called the Royal Fusilers, or the Royal Welsh Fusilers or the Northumberland Fusiliers. It may be better if you can give us his name and any...

I am out until this evening and if no one else as uploaded the medal cards, then, I will later. Terry

Thanks Alan I have added the pages to "my favourites" and will read it at my leisure. Will you be on the Somme next weekend ? Terry

Below is a copy of his Medal Card Index downloaded from Ancestry. He qualified for three medals. The 1915 Star, The War Medal and the Victory Medal. The date he was sent to France was 19 July 1915.

Bobby B Have you any more info regarding Samuel Wilkes... medals with number on, or did he have a middle name etc. Terry

Janet H The 4 June, 1916, was a very sad day for the 15th Royal Warwicks (2nd B'ham Bn). They were in trenches near Roclincourt and after a very heavy bombardment the Germans exploded three mines adjacent to the trenches held by the 15th RWR. The one mine exploded under a section of trench...

Name:LEBOURNE Initials:H Nationality:United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service:Royal Warwickshire Regiment Unit Text:15th Bn. Age:40 Date of Death:24/09/1916 Service No:18768 Additional information:Son of Henry and Olive Lebourne, of Hedge-end, Botley, Hants. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War...

It is now Sheldon Heath Community School or something like that. I went to Lea Village Juniors from 1960-64 and Sheldon Heath Comp from 1964-69. Terry

Annveitch My mother worked at Kunzles for a time in the late 60's. I can always remember sitting in the car with my dad when we went to pick her up at the finish of the evening shift. Never eat so many mis-shapes Kunzle cakes in my life. When we lived in Mackadown Lane, the scrap yard end by...

Annveitch 'Donkeys Oller' that term strikes a chord somewhere. Was it that place off Mackadown Lane before the railway bridge what I refered to as the sand pits. A big area of sunken ground that contained loads and loads of tree trunks and big roots of trees lying all about the place. It was a...

The chevrons were given for overseas service with the British Forces. Red for 1914, and Blue for subsequent years. She has three chevrons thus she served overseas from 1916 -1918. Terry

The Birmingham Council have now put the Memorial Registers from the Hall of Memory on the internet. https://www.hallofmemory.co.uk/

LEN....... do not remember the flooding in 1956... only 3 years old then. Did not move to Mackadown lane roundabout 1963ish. This other one of the prefabs. below... to me that looks as if it was taken from the top of the railway embankment looking over Tile Cross Road. I think the trees edged...

The 1/6th Royal Warwicks served in France during the period you mentioned. When I get more time I will give you a run down of their movements. Terry p.s Where did you get your info from. The Medal card Index on Ancestry does not give any dates i.e. 22/3/1915.

Thanks Alf. Getting back to Mackadown Lane. With my Mom & Dad we used to visit the social club further down the lane. It seemed to be a collection of sheds joined together. Forgot to mention, apart from Train/Plane spotter, me and some mates also got the 14 Bus to Lea Hall bus depot to do Bus...

I know what you mean. The story was it was Carl Wayne and "Miss Diane" as Benny used to call her. But, I do not know any person who actually saw them. I bet someone out there in Forum land knows the answer. Terry

I used to live in the prefabs in Mackadown Lane, No.88, backed onto the field with the railway embankment right behind us. It was great living there as a kid. I was a train spotter and a plane spotter...good old days. We then moved to Chelmsley/Tile Cross by the White Hart pub near Crossroads...

The voting age was 21 in them days. So there would also be quite a lot of young men not included in the Absent Voters List. Terry

For NEGRITASPIDER All members of the forces who served in a theatre of war during WW1 received either two or three medals. Other medals were also given for acts of gallantry. If a soldier stayed in the UK for medical reasons then he did not get any medals. However there were special...

The London Gazette date for his MM was 29 March 1919 which could well mean he won it serving in Italy. His 200762 service number was the six figure number given to him on the renumbering of the Territorial Force in Feb 1917. The 3005 number on his bronze 1915 Star would have been his original...