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)
We’ve also been told of a memorial plaque at Downing Hall, Knowle – if anyone has a photo of it, please let us know.
Tracey
I believe there is some duplication of names between the Elmdon and Solihull (St. Alphege) memorials.
Richard Huss
(Churchwarden, Elmdon Church)
Many thanks for your comment – we are finding that there is some duplication. The record so far seems to be commemoration on four memorials in the borough – we have two people who seem to be commemorated on memorials in Knowle, Dorridge, Hockley Heath and Solihull School and two commemorated on memorials at Knowle, Dorridge, Hockley Heath and Packwood.
any one know of a war memorial 1st world war with the name Herbert Fowler onit
He’s not on our database as being on a war memorial anywhere in the present Borough of Solihull or in the old Solihull Rural District.