Honouring the Soldiers of Sutton Coldfield Who Fell in the Great War
For The Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England’s foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
List of soldiers
Key to genealogy abbreviations
M = married U = unmarried W = widowed V = visitor b = where born Ag. Lab = agricultural labourer
Births, marriage and deaths were registered by the General Registry Office from 1837. Each quarter, March, June, September and December, the local registry offices sent their returns to Somerset House for collating as national lists.
Censuses are available for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 and 1921.
On the 1841 census, adult ages were usually rounded to ‘the nearest five’ which can cause confusion.
We also have the 1939 Register, an enumeration of the population just as World War Two was about to break out.
The military acronyms such as SDBD are used by Andy Coles in his written research, but he did not write down what they mean. We have tried to contact Andy, to no avail and have asked other military historians what they mean, but no one knows!
Forces War Records and Fold 3 have produced some good records as well as Ancestry.co.uk and Findmypast.
ADCOCK JAMES
ALDRIDGE ERNEST
ALLDAY FRANK LESLIE
ALLEN – SHUKER HENRY EWART GLADSTONE
ALLENDER IVON RAYMOND
ANDREWS JOSEPH
ANGELL RICHARD SIDNEY
ANSELL HARRY CLEMENTS
ARBERY JOHN SAMUEL
ARNOLD ERNEST ALFRED
ARNOLD OLIVER VAUGHTON
ASH GEORGE
ATKINS PERCY FREDERICK
BAILEY LINNAEOUS JAMES
BAILEY SELWYN GLADSTONE
BAINES AFRED HENRY
BAKER ALFRED
BARBER HARRY
BARRATT HAROLD
BASTABLE JOHN
BATE ALFRED GEORGE
BATE ARTHUR CHARLES
BATE WILLIAM HENRY
BEACH WALTER
BEARD FREDERICK JOHN
BEDDOES EDWIN THOMAS
BENNETT GEORGE THOMAS
BICKLEY CHARLES
BICKLEY WILLIAM ALFRED JAMES
BINNELL SAMUEL JOHN
BIRD WILLIAM HENRY
BLISS ARTHUR JAMES
BLOCKLEY PERCY GEORGE
BOUGH EWART THOMAS
BOWER ALFRED PERCY
BOWERS CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM HENRY
BRADBURY JOHN FREDERICK
BRADFORD FREDERICK WILLIAM
BRASSINGTON HENRY WILFRED
BRATT RAYMOND DOUGLAS
BRAYSHAY WILLIAM STEAD – not on the memorial
BROMWICH EDGAR JOHN
BROMWICH LESLIE FRANK
BROWN EDWARD
BROWN HARRY SEYMOUR
BROWN JOHN RAYMOND
BUSHELL ROLAND
BUTLER FRANK STANDLEY
CAPENER JOSEPH HENRY
CARPENTER GABRIEL
CARTER ARTHUR
CARTWRIGHT EDWARD
CASHMORE HOWARD PARKER
CASHMORE HOWARD VICTOR
CASHMORE JOHN
CAVIT SYDNEY NORMAN
CHAMBERLAIN GEORGE NELSON
CHOPPING BERTRAM CLIVE
CLARK CHARLES PHILLIP
CLARKE ALBERT WILLIAM
CLARKE ARTHUR
CLARKE NATHANIEL FURHMANN
CLEAVE NORMAN
CLIBBERY BERTRAM EVELYN GEORGE
COBB FREDERICK HENRY
COCKBILL FREDERICK HENRY
COFIELD WILLIAM JOSEPH
COHEN HARRY ALBAN PALMER
COLBOURN CYRIL GEORGE
COLE FREDERICK WILLIAM
COLES ALBERT HENRY
COLEMAN AUSTIN VERNON
COLLIER FREDERCK HENRY DOUGLAS
COLLINS ARTHUR A
COLLYER FRANK HOWARD
COLYER BERNARD CHARLES
COOMBE WILFRED
CORBY MATTHEW SYDNEY
COUCH HAROLD JEROME
CRIPPS FRANK HENRY
CROSS GEORGE WILLIAM
CROWTHER ARTHUR
CROZIER NORMAN
DALE ZACHARIAH
DANKS WALTER
DAVIS A (ALFRED)
DAVIS EDWARD
DAVIS HOWARD
DAVIES TREVOR ARTHUR MANNING
DAWSON STEPHEN TURNER
DEVILLE WILLIAM
DeLATTRE REGINALD (REX)
DEWSBURY T – SEE JOHN TREVOR DEWSBURY
DEYKIN CECIL JOHN
DILLON TED
DOWDING ROBERT
DOWNING ERNEST
DOWNING WILLIAM
DUESBURY JOHN TREVOR
EADS ANTHONY
EADS GEORGE PHILLIP
EAGLES HUBERT
EDGE REGINALD FREEGARDE
EDWARDS-WOOD THOMAS LIONEL
ELLISON DOUGLAS HEMS
ELLISON STANLEY JOHN
ELVINS ERNEST
EVANS A H (ARTHUR?)
EVANS HAMBLETT POOLE
EVANS PHILIP MARSH
EVANS RICHARD RALPH
FELLOWS HAROLD JOHN
FELTON JOHN HOWARD
FLETCHER WILFRED HORACE JOHN
FOLLAND ALBERT
FORGE HENRY NOEL FRANCIS
FOX HARRY
FRENCH GEORGE HERBERT
GARNER WILFRED
GIBBINS (GIBBONS) JOHN SAMUEL
GIBBS ARTHUR LEEK
GIDMAN JOHN
GILBERT ALBERT EDWARD
GILBERT WILLIAM
GODFREY WILLIAM
GOLDSTRAW EDWIN WALTER
GOOD ARTHUR ERNEST
GOODE PERCY CHARLES
GOODENOUGH ALFRED EDWARD
GOODING FREDERICK REGINALD COOMBE(S)
GOODWIN THOMAS JAMES
GOODWIN WILLIAM COLLETT
GREATREX HORACE
GREEN ALBERT JOHN
GREEN GEORGE OLIVER GILBERT
GREEN HERBERT WILLIAMS
GREEN TOM WILLIAMS
GREENER LEYSTERS LLEWELLYN
GREENWOOD THOMAS
GROVE PERCIVAL ALLEN
GWYNN GEORGE
HACKETT JOHN HENRY
HALFORD FREDERICK CHARLES
HALL THOMAS CHARLES
HALLEWELL GEORGE NOBLE
HANDS THOMAS PHILIP
HARCOURT WILFRED
HARLOND HUGH
HARMAN WALTER EWART
HARRISON SIDNEY
HARRISON THOMAS GREVILLE
HARRISON WALTER
HARROP ARTHUR REX
HAVELL ERNEST HUBERT
HEEKS WILLIAM HENRY – not on the Memorial
HEMMING ERNEST
HIGGS ALFRED
HIGGS CHARLES ARTHUR
HIGGS JOHN HENRY
HILL OWEN WILLIAM
HINCE WILLIAM JOSEPH
HODSON ARTHUR COKE
HOLBECHE EDWARD
HOLMES FREDERICK HOWARD
HORTON FRANK
HORTON FREDERICK
HOWELL ROBERT RUTTER
HUDSON R – not identified
HUMPHRIES (HUMPHRIS) BERT HAROLD
HUTTON ARCHIBALD GIBSON BALFOUR
HUTTON JOHN BARNABAS
HUXLEY GEOFFREY JENNINGS
ILIFFE FREDERICK HORACE
INCHLEY PERCY CLIFFORD
IRELAND GEORGE
JACKSON A H (HERBERT ARTHUR)
JACKSON CYRIL
JACKSON ERNEST
JACKSON G E – not identified
JAMES ALBERT EDWARD
JAMES LESLIE ERNEST
JEANS GEORGE EDWARD FRANCIS
JEFFERIES SIDNEY WILFRED
JEFFRIES G A – not identified
JOHNSON ARTHUR
JOHNSON ARTHUR EDGAR
JOHNSON WILLIAM HERBERT M
JONES GEORGE LEONARD
JONES HORACE
JONES WILLIAM
JUXON WILLIAM HORACE
KEAY EDWARD
KELLEY VICTOR JAMES
KENT CHARLES ERNEST
KENT FRANCIS JOSEPH H H
KING ALFRED JOHN
KING JOHN
KITCHEN GEORGE ARTHUR
KNIGHT EDWIN DENNIS
KNOTT EDWARD MIDDLETON
LAKIN FREDERICK
LAKIN WILLIAM
LANGSTON ARTHUR VICTOR
LARKINS JOHN COLIN
LARNACH PRIMROSE LOGAN
LAVELLE HARRY
LAWRENCE VALENTINE ALBERT
LAX DONALD
LEE HAROLD
LILLEY GEORGE TOMLINSON
LILLY ARTHUR JOHN
LITTLE CHARLES FREDERICK
LOVELAND CHARLES
LOXTON ERNEST ADSHEAD DUDLEY
LUBY THOMAS WILLIAM
LUCAS GEORGE
LYNCH JOSEPH
MANNALL SYDNEY
MACSWINEY FELIX DESMOND – not on the memorial
MARKWICK EDWARD BAGULEY
MARLOW FRANCIS JOHN
MARTIN GEORGE RUSSELL COURTNEY
MATTHEWS EDWIN HAROLD
MATTHEWS LESLIE HERBERT
MAYO HAROLD GRAHAM
McANDREW CHARLES ROY
MERCER T – not identified
MERCER WILLIAM
MERRY ROBERT
MILLER ARTHUR BERNARD
MILLER FREDERICK GEORGE
MILLNER HORACE BROOKS
MILLWARD ERNEST REGINALD
MILLWARD HENRY CHARLES
MORGAN VINCENT HAROLD
MOORE JOHN FLETCHER
MOORE WILFRED ENGLEBURTT
MORRELL HARRY
MORRIS PERCY JOHN
MUTLOW ALFRED
NICHOLLS EDWIN JOHN
NODEN FREDERICK WILLIAM
OLIVER OWEN
OLDNALL WILLIAM ERNEST
ONIONS WILLIAM LESLIE
OWEN THOMAS STARR
OWEN W H – not on the memorial, not identified
PARKES HENRY GORDON
PARROTT ERNEST GEORGE
PARSONS SEPTIMUS ERIC
PAYNE JOHN NELSON
PEAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
PERKS ARTHUR EDGAR
PERKS JAMES FRANCIS – not on the memorial
PERKS SIDNEY/SYDNEY
PERRETT DENNIS VICTOR
PERRY PERCY HENRY
PERRY WILLIAM CHARLES
PICKERING GEORGE ANTHONY WILLIAM RAYMOND
PINFOLD ROBERT CECIL
PINSON GEORGE EDWARD
PLATT SAMUEL WILLIAM WOODGATE
POOLMAN ARTHUR GEORGE
PORTMAN HENRY
POWIS HARRY
POWIS WILLIAM HENRY
PREEDY LAWRENCE JACK
PRICE JOHN WILLIAM
PRICE THOMAS (JOSEPH WILLIAM)
PRING P- not identified
PRITCHARD JOHN ERIC STIRLING
PURDOM ARTHUR EUGENE MOLONY
RANDALL FREDERICK ARTHUR BRISTOL
REEVE HERBERT JOSEPH
REID JAMES
RENAUD ARTHUR LAMB
REYNOLDS GEORGE HENRY
RICE FRED/FREDERICK
RIPPINGILLE FRANK ALEXANDER
ROBBINS ALBERT
ROBBINS GEORGE
ROBERTS JOHN
ROBERTSON FREDERICK WILLIAM
ROBINSON JAMES
ROGERS GEORGE HENRY – not on the war memorial
ROPER HARRY
ROSE CHARLES ERNEST
ROSE MARK
RUSSELL WALTER WILLIAM
SALMON STANLEY FRANCIS
SALT ALFRED (also known as Edward)
SALT GEORGE GOODWIN
SALT JOHN
SAMPSON WALTER BLAGDON
SANBY HAROLD ERNEST
SANBY WILLIAM WORTHINGTON
SCOTT WALTER
SEATON WALTER JOHN
SEELEY HERBERT REGINALD
SHEARS CHARLES JOHN
SHENTON HORACE EDGAR
SHINE EDWARD
SHORT HAROLD REGINALD
SHOWELL JAMES
SIMPSON GEORGE
SIMPSON WALTER ERNEST
SLATER JAMES HENRY
SMITH BENJAMIN
SMITH CHARLES CYRIL
SMITH GERALD SYDNEY
SMITH HARRY CARTER
SMITH THOMAS
SPENCER GORDON
SPOKES ALBERT HENRY
STARKEY JOHN
STEELEY MARK JOHN
STEVENS ALFRED
STONEHOUSE THOMAS HAROLD – also as Harold Thomas
STONEHOUSE THOMAS
STORER ERNEST
STREATHER FREDERICK
STREATHER GEORGE
SYLVESTER ALBERT
TURNER TAYLOR SIDNEY ARNOLD
TEASDALE BERTIE LEONARD
THACKER PERCY HORACE
THORNTON SIDNEY/SYDNEY HERBERT
TIDMAS GEORGE JAMES – as Tidman on the memorial
TOMBS WILLIAM HENRY
TOWNLEY BERTRAM RUSSELL
TOWNLEY FELIX LIONEL
TOY ALFRED JOHN
TUFFLEY DAVID WILLIAM
TURNER CHARLES
TURNER RUSSEL SANDON
VAUGHTON GUY EGLINGTON
VYSE SAMUEL JOHN
WADEY WALTER
WAGSTAFF EUSTACE BERTRAM
WAKEFIELD ALBERT EDWARD
WALDRON ROBERT WILLIAM
WALKER ERIC ARTHUR
WARD FRANCIS BERNARD
WARMINGTON CYRIL
WARWOOD FRANK
WASHBOURNE CHARLES JOHN
WATSON OSWALD
WEBB CHARLES
WEBB GEORGE THOMAS
WEBB JOHN
WEBB JOSEPH WILLIAM
WEBSTER JAMES GORDON
WESTWOOD STANLEY BENJAMIN
WHEELER WILFRED HENRY – also known as Wilfrid
WHITE ERNEST
WHITE ERNEST ARTHUR GORDON
WHITE FRED
WILKINS ALBAN LESLIE
WILLIAMS JOHN MORRIS
WILLIAMS WILLIAM ALFRED
WILSON – BROWNE ROWLAND MURRAY
WINKLEY SYDNEY JOSEPH
WOODWARD HARRY IVINS
WOODWARD RAYMOND LEWIS
WRIGHT FRANK
WRIGHT JAMES