As part of the commemorations marking 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War, we’re trying to get together a definitive list of individuals from places now within the Solihull borough (or in the former Solihull Rural District) who died as a result of war service.
We’re aware of the following war memorials that bear the names of those killed:
- Baddesley Clinton
- Balsall Common (St Peter’s Church)
- Barston (Memorial Institute, and plaque in St Swithin’s Church)
- Berkswell (St John Baptist churchyard, and Berkswell Village Hall)
- Bickenhill
- Castle Bromwich (Altar of Remembrance on the Green, and WW1 plaque inside SS Mary & Margaret’s Church)
- Catherine-de-Barnes (font cover, St Catherine’s Church)
- Chadwick End
- Chessetts Wood
- Copt Heath Golf Club
- Dorridge (St Philip’s Church)
- Earlswood (St Patrick’s Church, Salter Street)
- Elmdon (outside St Nicholas’s Church)
- Hampton-in-Arden (plaque inside SS Mary & Bartholomew’s Church, and war memorial on the Green)
- Hockley Heath and District
- Hockley Heath (St Thomas’s Church)
- Knowle (Avenue Bowling Club, Downing Hall, Knowle FC, Knowle & Dorridge Cricket Club)
- Knowle (Soldiers’ Chapel, and parish cross with memorial stones)
- Lapworth
- Marston Green (Garden of Remembrance)
- Marston Green Cottage Homes
- Meriden (Calvary shrine and plaque inside St Laurence’s Church)
- Meriden Forest Hall (Woodmen of Arden)
- Olton (St Margaret’s Church and former United Reformed Church)
- Olton Cricket Club
- Olton Golf Club
- Packwood
- Robin Hood Golf Club
- Shirley (outside St James’ Church and roll of honour inside the church)
- Solihull (outside St Alphege Church and St Augustine’s Catholic Church)
- Solihull School
- Temple Balsall
- Umberslade Baptist Church
In addition, there are memorials that do not include any names at:
- Dickens Heath
- Dorridge
- Lloyds Bank Sports Club, Shirley
- Meriden (national cyclists’ memorial)
- Olton (Royal British Legion, and former Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital)
- Woodlands Cemetery Forces Memorial
There are Second World War memorials at:
- Castle Bromwich (inside SS Mary & Margaret’s Church)
- Civic Suite, Solihull
Are there any that we’ve missed? Please let us know by leaving a comment here, emailing heritage@solihull.gov.uk or tweeting @SolihullLife
Tracey
(Heritage & Local Studies Librarian)
