William Edwards' War Diary pages 16 and 17
...in harbour, lost our R.A. A nice 15 mile full pack march. Expected Jerry to meet us. Ities pack in. Div commander killed.
Sept 15. Have now advanced about 50 miles. 8th Army now reported to be 10 ...
William Edwards' War Diary pages 2 and 3
Edwards married a girl from Irving Street in Lee Bank - or Edgbaston B15 as it was then. During the Tobruk campaign he kept a diary which we are publishing here for the first time. Where words are unclear ...
William Edwards' War Diary pages 4 and 5
Nov 25. Found a pair of boots which although two sizes too small, to me its like walking on air, also can of stew.
Nov 26. Battle of "home sweet home" is well on it's way. I don't know who's going to ...
William Edwards' War Diary pages 6 and 7
Dec 24. Christmas Eve. Jerry has just been over, machine gun fire only so far. My mate has just arrived and he says there's an unexploded bomb near their camp. 18 killed.
Dec 25. Had a pretty good Xmas ...
William Edwards' War Diary pages 8 and 9
Jan 28. Most enjoyable day. At least it would have been if my brakes were better. Passed through Baalbeck, the ruins of the temple. Grand sight. Staying at H????
Jan 29. Are now at Aleppo. Since we left ...
William Henry Boraston - Wine, Spirit and Ale Merchant
Advert for William Henry Boraston who traded from 191 Soho Road. Boraston lived at "Cora Lynn" on Holyhead Road. In the Trade Directories of the time he is actually listed as a Grocer, so possibly he ...
William Middlemore's factory
This engraving shows Mr William Middlemore's factory in Holloway Head. Middlemore first appears in the 1840s as a currier, saddler, harness maker, patent leather manufacturer, and army and navy accoutrement ...
William Murdock - Inventor of Gaslight
Article from the Daily Graphic about William Murdock's experiments in Redruth. Murdock worked as an engineer for the firm of Matthew Boulton and James Watt in Handsworth, but for some years he represented ...
William Murdock commemorative plaque in Redruth Cornwall
This plaque, erected by the Tangye Brothers of Handsworth Birmingham, is on the side of William Murdock's house in Redruth. Murdock was an engineer and worked for Matthew Boulton and James Watt. He will ...
William Murdock memorial and others in St. Mary's Church
Murdock worked as a engineer for the firm of Boulton and Watt and will always be remembered for his discovery of the use of coal gas for lighting. Murdock is buried in St. Mary's Church along with Boulton ...
William Murdock's House
William Murdock's house at Queen's Head Road, Handsworth.
William Murdock's House
Dwelling House built on Sycamore Hill, Queens Head Road, Handsworth,
and called ‘Fair House’, by William Murdock, the inventor of Coal Gas
for lighting purposes, and now used as a builder’s ...
William Murdock's house in Redruth Cornwall
In 1792 William Murdock heated coal in the garden of his house at Cross Street, Redruth and piped it into the house, where he lit a series of burners attached to the other end of the pipe. This was the ...
William Radenhurst Mosedale - George Cross
Mosedale was born in Birmingham on 28th March 1894. At the age of 16 he joined the 5th Royal Irish Lancers and reached the rank of Corporal after three years. Shortly afterwards his parents died and he ...
William Savage VC from Cape Hill
Savage was born at 7 Raglan Avenue Cape Hill on the 30th October 1912. he went to Cape Hill School in 1917 and on leaving there worked at the M & B Brewery, Cape Hill. On 28th May 1936 he married his ...
Wilson Stuart School, Kingstanding
Wilson Stuart School for physically handicapped children, Perry Common Road, Kingstanding.
Winston Churchill in Birmingham City Centre
Churchill made an open-top car tour of Birmingham following the end of hostilities in Europe. During World War Two the city had contributed massively to the war effort in terms of manpower and materials. ...
'Witchcraft'
Photograph by Ruth Handley.
Label on reverse: 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] Exhibition of Midland Photography, 1957'.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned ...