Alfred Knight VC from the Post Office Rifles
Alfred is pictured here with his wife Mabel relaxing while on leave from the front. Knight was awarded the Victoria Cross for his series of gallant actions at Ypres on the 19th to 20th September. Knight ...
Elvetham Road
This view of Elvetham Road is from the junction with Pakenham Road looking up the hill. The church at the top right is St James's Church which is situated at the corner of Elvetham and St James's Road. ...
King Edward's School, Five Ways, Edgbaston
King Edward's School, Five Ways, occupied this building in 1895 when W. Horton of Francis Road took this photograph, but it had originally been home to the Birmingham and Edgbaston Proprietary School ...
Looking towards Five Ways
In this photograph we are looking up Lee Bank Road (still not yet the Middleway)towards Five Ways. A crane can be seen in operation up at Five Ways if you look carefully. The wall to the right of the ...
Obituary of Alfred Joseph Knight VC of 45 Elvetham Road
Knight died on the 4th November 1960. The obituary is from the Birmingham Post. Use the zoomify plugin to see the cutting clearly, text of which reads:
"Mr. Alfred Joseph Knight, one of eleven Birmingham ...
St James' Church, Edgbaston
An interior scene in St James' Church, Elvetham Road, Edgbaston. In this view from the chancel up the nave of S.S. Teulon's 1852 building the hammerbeam roof is the most dominant feature. This is one ...
St James' Church, Edgbaston
View of the interior of St James' Church, Elvetham Road, Edgbaston, looking towards the west end with its gallery. This and other photographs taken in 1941 suggest that the church with its high window ...
St James' Church, Edgbaston
An interior view of St James' Church, Elvetham Road, Edgbaston. The 1941 photograph was taken from the gallery at the west end of the building, looking towards the chancel.
St James' Church, Edgbaston
St James' Church, Elvetham Road, Edgbaston, showing the north transept of S.S. Teulon's church.
St James' Church, Edgbaston
St James' Church, Elvetham Road, Edgbaston. This view of the south porch brings out the way the low eaves resulted in a large expanse of tiled roof, leaving room for a dormer window. Teulon's 1852 design ...
St James' Church, Edgbaston
St James' Church, Elvetham Road, Edgbaston. One of several photographs taken late in 1941, this shows a corner of Teulon's High Victorian Gothic Revival style building from the south west.
St James' Church, Edgbaston
An interior view of St James' Church in Elvetham Road, Edgbaston, looking south-westward from the chancel into the south transept.
St James' Church, Edgbaston
St James' Church, Elvetham Road, Edgbaston, seen from the south. Designed by S.S. Teulon in the Decorated style, it was built in 1852 using pink sandstone. Since the photograph was taken in late 1941 ...