Wartime
These pages bring together the information relating to Great Barr at war.It will include such things as:
- Memorials to those who died - St Margarets Church
- Prisoners of War
- Homeguard preprations for invasion
- Public bomb shelters
- Bomb damage
It will include such things as:
The Fallen of WW II
Those who died in World War II from Great Barr are remembered on the gates of St. Margarets Church and on a memorial in the church yard. The original plaques here were stolen and new ones have been now installed. There were some errors on the original details and they were corrected in the new plaques.
Original Plaques (1952)
The Gates were erected in 1952.
The left pillar had a plaque:-
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOURED
MEMORY OF THOSE
FROM THIS CHURCH
AND PARISH WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR
1939-1945
THESE GATES ARE
ERECTED 1952
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOURED
MEMORY OF THOSE
FROM THIS CHURCH
AND PARISH WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR
1939-1945
THESE GATES ARE
ERECTED 1952
The right hand pillar listed the fallen:
- J.A. Arlington
- G. Binsley
- E.Brookes
- T. Charles
- T. Clarke
- H.J. Cockayne
- K.J. Cook
- G. Cure
- L.Danks
- G.M. Davies
- V. Drew
- J.B. Evans
- E.W. Foster
- G.T.Foster
- A.C. Fowler
- W. Foxhall
- M.A. Francis
- J.H. Franks
- J.R. Gittings
- H.N. Gossage
- T.P.G. Griffin
- E. Hammond
- N.H. Hatton
- J. Jones
- L. Lamborne
- P. Lutwyche
- R.C. Luxon
- A. Noakes
- F.K. Platt
- A.F. Richardson
- A. Russon
- E.A. Shirley
- L. Tector
- A. Terry
- S. Thomas
- D. Turley
- F. White
- S. White
New Plaques
Pictures to be uploaded soon
The Fallen of WW I
A list of the Fallen of Great Barr can be searched for on the Birmingham Mail website, Go to WW1 Search Tool and enter Great Barr, in theTown or City field
In St. Margarets Churchyard there is a memorial to those of the parish who lost their lives.
The Great Barr Memorial Hall has a panel listing the fallen.