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Trying to find out where Dartmouth Street was. Was it anything to do with Lower Dartmouth Street? 1880 1890 period. Terry

Birmingham Daily Mail - 9 August 1916 "Mr and Mrs Pagett, 50 Albert Road, Kings Heath, have been informed that their son, Pte Arthur Pagett, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, has been killed in action." In the Birmingham Daily Post on 5 August 1916 there is a similar snippet of information but...

Joseph Tombs ?

I am after a bit of info concerning an Elizabeth (Lizzie) Tomms born in 1886 to Charles and Elizabeth Tomms who lived at 127 Edwards Road, Erdington. She was a domestic servant in 1911 and in 1913 went to work in Canada. She was a passenger on the Lusitania when the liner was sunk on 7 May...

As you can see from the Silver War Badge list he enlisted on 13 March 1914. Five months before the start of WW1. Therefore he must have enlisted into the 5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regt. When the the 2nd Line Territorials were raised in October 1914 the 5th Bn became the 1/5th and the...

hello Chris when he went over with the 5th Royal Warwickshire to France on 22 March 1915, a battalion would have a machine gun section and he was still a Royal warwickshire soldier. Later in 1915 and early 1916. Four battalions made up the 143 infantry Brigade that served in the 48th Division...

Hi badpenny. The 15th Battalion RWR was the 2nd Birmingham Battalion and served in France, Belgium and Italy. In fact I am pretty sure no battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment served in Scotland during WW1. Do you have a name and service number and it may be possible to fine further...

Hi Di I have the book. Yes a battalion of the RWR was involved in the Christmas truce and a detailed account was given by the famous cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather Terry

Millie Had a quick look. My records are only those that are on line. I cannot find any info. We need a service number and that can be found on medals if you have them or if they are somewhere in the family. Terry

Hi Brenda I found a pension record to William Charles Coates who served in the Royal Warwickshire Regt., No. 14738 he was born in 1877 and lived in floodgate street. Have you any more info i.e. service number on medals etc Terry

Hi Nick Correct! Pte Frederick Newman 4418 1/6th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment was killed in action on 1 July 1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial Terry

I found a Frederick Coates living at 54 Church Street, Aston, in the 1919 Absent Voters List. He was serving in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers service number 8910. There is a Medal Index Card for him. He went to France with the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 1 September 1914. In the National...

Vince Have you any idea of which battalion/Regiment Frederick Coates served in? also do you know his service number or do you have any of his medals Terry

Hi Vince I will have a look for you later when I get home from work Regards Terry

Trying to find out when the WW1 memorial in the church was unveiled and any other info. The church authorities have no info. Terry

Once he reached the age of 18 he might have been called up and served. There is a medal index card for a Pte Thomas Cecil Rogers 53597 Gloucestershire Regiment

Captain Frank Martin Chatterley went to France with with the battalion on 22 March 1915 He was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and given command of the 5th Reserve Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in UK. He was in command when the reserve battalion were in Northumberland and the...

Hi Tony all day. We can only set the display up after library opens at 9 am. So probably up and running by 10 am Terry

Hi Cresser Apart from the information you already have, I have been unable to find any more to add to it. There was one small item in the Birmingham Daily Post published on Monday 11 October, 1915. However the paper published wrong information for as we all know he was killed on 25 September 1915.