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Balsall Heath memorial

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Driver Alfred Theophilus Stone

Viv posted:
Alfred T was b 1892, d 1919 age 27 He was in the Royal Field Artillery as a Driver and a Gunner (he has 2 service numbers: #2134 and #820762). He's buried at Brandwood End cemetery. He had two older sisters and two younger brothers (Sydney b. 1900 and William J b. 1895 - presumably both named on the memorial). Their father was Albert T (a carpenter) and mother was Annie. In 1901 they were at 6 Brunswick Road Balsall Heath.


Lynnrymond posted:
There were 3 Stone brothers, Alfred, William and Sidney who were all killed in the First World War. They were living in the vicinity of St Paul's church, and Alfred had married there in 1913.

Pjmburns posted:
There is a pension record for A T Stone - he was only in the army a short while - enlisted 5 Sept 1914 and discharged as medically unfit on 28 Sept - length of service 24 days. The register of effects suggest he died in "War Hs" - I wonder if that is workhouse??
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Pte J Storer

Pedrocut posted:
Birmingham Daily Post June 1915. RIP
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Pte George Frederick Willis

Added by Viv:
George also had service #TR7/3279. His records show he 'died at home'. Theatre of war is shown as 'home'
 
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Flight Sgt James Alfred Mason

Sospiri posted:
........ he comes under the "Unaccounted for" category in RAF terms. At the time of his death he was serving at RAF Aston Down (formerly RAF Minchinhampton during WW1) in Gloucestershire with 55 Operational Training Unit and flying a Typhoon 1b serial number JP433. His service record and flying logbook are, like all of those relating to WW2, still with the RAF and have not yet been released to the National Archives.

During the two years previous to his death on 20 March 1945, JP433 had been involved in several crashes with other pilots and had been patched up.
 
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