Tag Archives: war memorial

Why we fight

Posted on October 11, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

In the anger, outrage and recrimination over the plans to curtail the annual Remembrance Sunday parade in Walsall Wood which came to light last week, it’s easy to lose sight of what Remembrance is about.
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Local history for a distant son

Posted on June 22, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

I thought today I’d just do a small post highlighting a couple of sites that will be of interest to many readers, but mainly to blog stalwart David Oakley, who I sadly gather hasn’t been in the best of health lately.

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The lost and fallen, lost then found again

Posted on December 28, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

This post is in answer to the query of 19th Noveber 2013, when Kathy Hodson of Wolverhampton, contacted me on twitter looking for the war memorial from Browhills West Methodist Church.
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Brownhills West Methodist Church war memorial – can you help?

Posted on November 21, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s an odd little enquiry from Kathy Hodson of Wolverhampton, who contacted me on twitter yesterday looking for the war memorial for Browhills West Methodist Church.
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The Fallen of Walsall Wood: a project

Posted on November 10, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Since it’s Remembrance weekend, I thought I’d share with you a project that top reader and contributor David Evans has been working on. David has gone through the roll of honour for the First World War on the Walsall Wood memorial, and listed the entries, and what he can find out about them, in spreadsheet format.
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Never forget.

Posted on November 11, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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