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Author: Marcus Belben

Field of Remembrance WW1 

Australian Airman, born and buried in Birmingham

11 November, 201829 April, 2019 Marcus Belben Australian Air Corps, First World War, Lodge Hill Cemetery, Red Baron, World War 1

Our research of World War One Soldiers at Lodge Hill Cemetery has uncovered many stories from across the world. Harry

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Field of Remembrance WW1 

Fighting under a false name

9 November, 201829 April, 2019 Marcus Belben First World War, Royal Scots Battalion

Private George Thornley of the 2nd Battalion (Regular Army) Royal Scots fought in World War one in France dying of

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Field of Remembrance WW1 

Death in Service – Birmingham Nurse dies of Influenza

7 November, 201829 April, 2019 Marcus Belben influenza, Nurse, Spanish Flu, World War One

When you have your flu jab this winter consider the effects of the flu one hundred years ago.[Image: VAD Nurses

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Field of Remembrance WW1 

What can little ones do in War time?

6 November, 20182 January, 2019 Marcus Belben Birmingham, Birmingham Children of War, Children, World War 1

  It is rare to hear the voice of children in any century.  The Birmingham Weekly Mercury’s children’s competition in

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News Represent 

Discovering Birmingham’s fight for the vote

27 October, 20182 January, 2019 Marcus Belben Balsall Heath Historical Society, Bertha Ryland, Bingley Hall, Chartists, Heritage Trail, Suffragettes

Katherine Old writes: The Balsall Heath History Society led a historic walking tour around Birmingham City Centre exploring the city’s links

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News Represent 

Birmingham’s King Tom, Suffragettes and our Right to Vote

8 September, 20182 January, 2019 Marcus Belben Birmingham, Birmingham Political Union, Charlotte Marsh, Democracy, force feeding, Heritage Trail, Mary Leigh, Suffragettes, Thomas Attwood

On Saturday 15 September, 3pm – 4.30pm PHC will be leading a heritage walk from Victoria Square to discover Birmingham’s

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News 

Birmingham’s Royal Street Parties

19 May, 201829 April, 2019 Marcus Belben Handsworth, Prince Harry, Royal Wedding

It’s being reported on Radio 4 this morning that there are only a few official royal street parties in the

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View across Weoley Farm in 1917, to where Paganel School will be.
Field of Remembrance Paganel School WW1 

Mapping History in California

5 May, 20182 January, 2019 Marcus Belben Stonehouse Farm, Stonehouse Lane

California is a suburb of Birmingham known mainly for it’s large Asda, We worked with children from Paganel Primary, a

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Field of Remembrance WW1 

Commonwealth Heads pay tribute to the Unremembered

29 April, 201829 April, 2019 Marcus Belben Big Ideas Company, Commonwealth, Labour Corps, Lodge Hill Cemetery, The Unremembered

Our Unremembered wreath has been presented to the Foreign Secretary and Commonwealth Foreign Ministers at a lunchtime reception as part of

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News 

Birmingham’s child emigrants revisited

3 April, 201829 April, 2019 Marcus Belben Canada, Highgate, Middlemore Homes

Annual Report Middlemore Homes showing ‘before and after’ photos The Balsall Heath Local History Society has received £32,100 from the Heritage Lottery

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Contact us via e-mail at rachel@peoplesheritagecoop.uk

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