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    48th (South Midland) Division WW1

    Good afternoon. I live at the bottom end of Kent and I have never been able to fathom just why I can find so little in Birmingham itself about the 48th (South Midland) Division's role in WW1. My grandfather was Major Bernard Martin Thornton, who joined the Division in 1916 and became the...
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    Charles Hill & Co Cateswell Road

    Hi. When my Dad, Capt D.E.M. Thornton, came home after three and a half years as a Jap POW, he started work as the works manager for Charles Hill & Co in Cateswell Road, Birmingham. I think the company made coffin furniture. Does anyone know anything about the history of the company - when it...
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