mrsfry
proper brummie kid
My husband's great-grandfather, John Fry, was a neighbour of Harry Boucher (both lived on Sherbourne Road, Balsall Heath) when the 1911 census was taken. Looking through his enlistment documents just now I see that he (Fry) listed his 'official club' as The Flower Pot pub on Arter Street. I'm not suggesting that this might be the answer (in any case, Fry had moved from Sherbourne street by 1916), but it does make the point again that pub communities had very strong quasi-familial connections for soldiers. I wonder if a systematic search for demolished/converted pub buildings in the central part of where the men's homes cluster would be useful? I moved from there about six years ago, but remember lots of demolition and development, especially on the Moseley Road.