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 ...
Alfred Knight Way
The family of the late Alfred Knight VC gathered by the road named in his honour. On 9th November they were present at the opening of this new road in the Park Central development of Birmingham. Knight ...
George Onions VC
George Onions won the Victoria Cross in the First World War with the Devonshire Regiment. He managed to take 247 German soldiers prisoner and bring them back to British lines, with the assistance of one ...
Harold Colley VC
Harold Colley was born at 64 Winson Street on 26th May 1894. Winson Street lies off the Dudley Road in the Cape Hill area, not far from the Cape Hill Brewery. His parents were John (a Pattern Maker) and ...
Lieutenant Herbert James VC
Herbert James was born in Ladywood on 13th November 1888. His civilian occupation was as a school teacher at Smethwick Central School, then Bearwood Road School, and finally Brasshouse Lane School. James ...
Standard bearer party for the Alfred Knight Way official ceremony
The guests for the ceremony were received for a brief service in Sunset Park where this impressive group of ten ex-service personnel waited for them. Knight won the Victoria Cross in 1917 at Ypres and ...
The official unveiling of Alfred Knight Way
Michael Carey and Anne Walsh, two of Alf's grand-children, unveiling the road sign. Alfred Knight won the Victoria Cross in 1917 at Ypres. He was born in Friston Street, Ladywood and it was decided to ...
Two minute silence
The two minute silence observed for those who gave their lives during wartime. This was at the ceremony for the opening of Alfred Knight Way in Park Central. Knight was born in nearby Friston Street and ...
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 ...
Zeppelin fighters in Birmingham - including Victoria Cross awardee William Leefe Robinson
The picture looks as though it was taken next to St Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham City Centre, possibly on Colmore Row as they are walking towards the Council House.
Sowrey is difficult to establish ...