Birmingham City Police - headstones needed

Discussion in 'War Cemeteries & War Memorial Research' started by graeme, May 10, 2020.

  1. graeme

    graeme Senior Member

    Afternoon,

    After years of researching the Birmingham City Police roll of honour (WW1 and WW2), I just cannot find the below headstone images.

    I'm hoping someone MAY, by any stretch of the imagination, have any hiding on their hard drive. Done the usual online sources.

    Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery DONE thanks to generosity of Temptage


    Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
    Henry PRICE in Grave III.B.12

    Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension
    Evan DAVIES on Special Memorial 2.K.17

    Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery DONE thanks to generosity of Temptage


    Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, Gouy
    John Edward POWELL in Grave D.16

    Handsworth Cemetery DONE thanks to generosity of Mr. Jinks

    Heliopolis War Cemetery DONE thanks to generosity of Temptage


    Karachi War Cemetery
    Ernest BUTLER in Grave 3.D.3

    Mazargues War Cemetery DONE thanks to generosity of Temptage


    Schoonselhof Cemetery DONE thanks to generosity of Temptage


    Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc
    George William MORRIS in Grave I.C.6

    Many thanks,

    Regards,

    Graeme
     
    Last edited: Aug 12, 2020
  2. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

  3. graeme

    graeme Senior Member

    Morning Tony,

    Many thanks for the input but I have a personal problem with WGPP.

    Regards,

    Graeme
     
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  4. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

  5. graeme

    graeme Senior Member

    Morning Mr. J (Kyle)

    Absolutely brilliant, many thanks for your interest in the thread.

    I check Findagrave and Billiongraves regularly so am amazed I missed the image.

    Thanks again,

    Graeme
     
  6. graeme

    graeme Senior Member

    Some obscure cemeteries completed thanks to Temptage.

    Cannot thank him enough,

    Regards,

    Graeme
     
  7. graeme

    graeme Senior Member

    Morning,

    Just 6 headstones left to source.

    Can anyone help at all, please,

    Regards,

    Graeme
     
  8. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    Graeme,

    Have you tried asking: West Midlands Police Military History Society the Chair is a WW1 historian and West Midlands Police have Tweeted something about memorials recently, probably under the auspices of their reborn https://www.wmpeelers.com/

    Birmingham University did host a Centre for WW1 History, now it is: Centre for War Studies - University of Birmingham , but Gary Sheffield left for Wolverhampton and given his WW1 focus perhaps a place to check with: First World War research group - University of Wolverhampton
     
  9. graeme

    graeme Senior Member

    Hi David,

    Many thanks for replying.

    The work on the WMP RoH sites is mainly mine, having commenced researching in about 2004 whilst a serving officer. I produced a few copies of a book "What Gentlemen They Are" for the WMP Museum and have been in constant contact with the museum ever since updating my research (also that of WMP officers who have died and also Coventry Police (WW1 and 2).

    During my research I became aware that the graves of those killed in England were either non existent or in severe decay.

    The West Midlands Police Federation awarded me £9,000 to either renovate the headstones or, where there were none, to place one.

    Picture of one of the headstones I designed and commissioned attached

    My work has been updated by various societies over the years also.

    Thought it would be an achievement to complete the research with all the headstone images.

    Regards,

    Graeme
     

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  10. temptage

    temptage I thought it would only take a few weeks......

    Finally!

    My contact over in Denmark has received a photo from one of his work colleagues who visited Esjberg last weekend, after their lockdown was lifted. I don't know if you can view it at full size. Let me know if you want me to email you the original photo I was sent. This one has been edited to remove a lot of the background. The photographer is called Peer Petersen. The site was completely renovated back in 2016, and the CWGC specified they wanted fuchsias planting all around the site.

    DSC05340.JPG
     
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  11. graeme

    graeme Senior Member

    Hi Tony,

    Absolutely brilliant, cannot thank you enough, the image is more than fie,

    Regards,

    Graeme
     
  12. temptage

    temptage I thought it would only take a few weeks......

    You could always have tried getting the photo from TWGPP!!! Lol. Very reasonably priced, dont you know! :Cartangry:
     
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