Scouts Memorial Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham

Before leaving Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham, have a look at the Scouts Memorial. Its tucked away at the far end of the car park in a small corner all by itself. There are no names on this war memorial. which was erected in honor of the men from the Scouts that enlisted and died in World War One and Two.

The photographs of the Scouts War Memorial in Cannon Hill were taken in early 2007.

The dedication on the front says the following:

To the Scouts who fell in the Great War and the World War.

A short and simple dedication but to the point. On the reverse is the Scouts emblem and also the words Pro Patria 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945 (I think).

 

So when visiting Cannon Hill Park take a look at both the War Memorials and enjoy this little piece of tranquility in the heart of Birmingham City.

To end this blog here are a few old postcards of Cannon Hill park from my own collection.

Birmingham Cannon Hill Park War Memorial Parker to Yates

This is the last part of the War Memorial in Cannon Hill park for the South African Boer war in the late Victorian era. This covers the names from Parker to Yates of the men of Birmingham who were killed during this time in South Africa. For other names see the two previous parts. This is one of the largest War Memorials that I have photographed and there are more to come from Solihull, Birmingham and the surrounding area including ones found inside churches.

An old postcard of the memorial titled - the soldiers memorial Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham. Not sure of the date of this one but would say around Edwardian times.

Panel four names included the following:

Pte W Parker
Pte C Parkes
Cpl W Parkinson
Gunr P Parry
Pte P Partridge
Pte H Partridge
Pte W H Payne
Pte C Pearce
Pte J Pearce
Pte L Pearce
Gunr A Pearson
Pte J Perkins
Pte H Perry
Pte A Phillips
Pte E Pike
Pte A Pinder
Pte H Plant
Cpl J H Pocock
Pte A Poole
Pte W Poole
Pte E Poolton
Arml Sgt J Porter
Pte W Postins
Sapr A Potter
Bglr C Powell
Pte J Pratt
Pte A H Price
Dvr L Price
Pte J E Pritchett
Lnce Cpl T R Pursall
Pte C Rabone
Gunr C Read
Pte H Reed
Pte A F Rennie
Pte A Rew
Stf Qms W F Richards
Pte C H Richardson
Lnce Cpl E Rigby
Pte W J Roadknight
Cpl A Roberts
Pte J W Roberts
Pte S Roberts
Pte R Rowe

Pte S Rogers
Pte T Rogers
Pte J H Roome
Pte H Rowberry
Lce Cpl A Rowbottom
Pte A Rowley
Pte P Rudge
Pte W Rudge
Pte A Rutter
Pte W Rutter
Pte E E Sage
Drv W F Salmon
Tpr A W Sanders
Pte E J Sanders
Lce Cpl A S Saucer
Pte J Scott
Pte C W Seaton
Pte A Steward
Tpr J Sedgebeer
Pte A Selman
Pte J Sharp
Pte T S Shaw
Pte H Sheaf
Pte A Shears
Pte W Shears
Pte W J Shepherd
Pte M Shellis
Lce Sgt C Shipton
Cln Sgt A Shoebotham
Tpr F J Silvester
Pte T Simmonds
Pte J Simmons
Pte J F Singleton
Lce Cpl J Skinner
Tpr A J Slade
Cpl J F Smallwood
Pte S Smith
Cpl T G Smith
Pte A Smith
Pte G H Smith
Pte J Smith
Pte J E Smith
Pte W C Smith

Lce Cpl H C Smith
Drmr A Snead
Pte W Spencer
Pte H J Spires
Pte J Stanley
Pte W R Stanton
Pte A Starkey
Lce Cpl W G Steed
Pte B Steward
Pte A Stockton
Pte C Styles
Pte T Summerfield
Pte C Summers
Lce Cpl L Sugden
Pte J Sutton
Pte R Swindle
Pte W R S Tallis
Pte W Taplin
Pte E Taroni
Armr Sgt C Tasker
Cpl S F Taylor
Pte W J Taylor
Tpr E R Tharme
Pte F Thomas
Drv J Thomas
Pte J Thomas
Cpl S Thomas
Pte T Thomas
Pte W Thomas
Pte F Thompson
Sgt J A Thompson
Pte J J Thompson
Gunr C H Till
Pte C Timmins
Pte W Tombs
Sgt J T Tranter
Pte I D Trinder
Pte E Turner
Cpl Sgt S Turner
Pte C H Upton
Pte W A Vale
Pte H Vincent
Pte J De Voisey

Tpr J Walford
Sgt H Walker
Pte J E Walker
Pte R Walter
Pte W Warkling
Cpl E W Ward
Pte B W Warden
Pte W Washbrook
Pte A Watson
Cpl F Weaver
Pte C Weaver
Pte C Webb
Tpr J Webb
Pte W E Webster
Pte B Wells
Lce Cpl J A Wells
Sgt G Weston
Pte J W Westwood
Pte T Wharton
Qr Mr Sgt W C Whatley
Gunr F Whelan
Pte W H Wittincham
Pte W Wigley
Stf Sgt H W Wilkes
Pte E Wilks
Gunr H Wilks
Pte A Williams (R Warw R)
Pte A Williams (KRR)
Cpl C J Williams
Pte J Wilson
Pte C Wood
Pte H Wood
Pte H D Wood
Pte J Wood
Pte S Woodward
Pte W Woodward
Cpl A Woolcott
Sgt G Worrod
Pte W Wright
Pte S Wyers
Gunr A Wykes
Pte J Wynn
Pte E S Yates
Drv W P Yates

That completes the Cannon Hill War Memorial. there is another war memorial by the park which has no names but I will show in another blog along with the others that I have now photographed and recorded.

There are so many postcards of this war memorial and it was a favourite during the first part of the twentieth century to visit for a holiday.

Boer War memorial A - GA, Boer War Memorial Gardner - Parker.

Boer War Memorial, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham Gardner to Parker

As the Boer War Memorial in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham has such a long list of names. Here is the second part covering the third panel from Gardner to Parker. The South African War soldiers who died from 1899 to 1902 from Birmingham are commemorated on this large memorial in the park.

This is the side view of the memorial taken in about 2007. Our dog Ufton was very interested also!

This postcard of Cannon Hill park was sent in 1944 by someone on holiday in the area. Apart from general aging of the stone and the park has less floral beds and topiary, little had changed.

Panel three has the following soldier's names:

Pte F Gardner
Pte R Gardner
Pte J Garner
Lte Cpl H R Garrety
Pte W George
Pte A Giles
Pte A G Gill
Pte E J Glover
Cpl W Gold
Pte E Goodchild
Pte T W Gooding
Pte W Goodman
Pte T C Gopsill
Pte W Greaves
Pte C Green
Sgt H Green
Pte H Grice
Pte H D Griffiths
Pte T H Griffiths
Pte O Grigg
Lte Cpl A G Grindley
Pte C L Grinsell
Pte E Grogan
Cpl C F Grove
Lce Cpl F Groves 
Lte Cpl A E Grupie
Cpl E J Hales
Pte S Hannan
Pte W Hancox
Pte D Harbone
Pte T Harding
Act Sgt C H Harris
Pte G A Harris
Pte J Harrison (RAMC)
Pte J Harrison (R War R)
Pte H J Harris-Cooper
Gunr J W Hawkins
Pte R Haydon
Sgt J C Hayes
Pte A Haynes
Gunr E Haynes
Pte T Heath
Pte S E Hedges
Pte C A Hemming

Pte R C Hemming
Pte E Hews
Pte T C Heslop
Pte E J Hildick
Pte W Hill
Pte F Hill
Pte J Hinks
Pte A Hinsley
Pte C Hobday
Cpl W J Hobson
Cpl T A Hodson
Pte W Hodson
Pte S Hogan
Pte R Holder
Pte T Holder
Sgt Maj E J Holliday
Pte H A Hollis
Pte F L Holloway
Pte W Holmes
Pte W Holtham
Pte W Hooper
Pte A Hopkins
Pte W Hopley
Pte A Hornsby
Dwr F Horton
Pte W Howard
Cpl F H Hughes
Pte G Hughes
Pte T Hughes
Gunr G Husband
Pte J Hussey
Pte H Hutchinson
Pte W Hynett
Pte W Ingram
Pte B Jeff
Pte E A Jeffs
Pte W Jobson
Pte A E Jones
Pte G H Jones
Pte J H Jones
Pte T H Jones
Pte W Jones (RWF)
Pte W Jones (R War R)

Pte C Johnson
Pte J T Johnson
Pte W Johnson
Pte G Johnstone
Pte H Jordan
Lce Cpl T Jordan
Tpr T E Jordison
Pte A Kelly
Pte C Kimber
Lce Cpl F Ladkin
Pte R Langford
Pte O Lanham
Pte W R Large
Pte G Lawley
Act Sgt A Lawton
Lanc Cpl H Lay
Pte S Leadbetter
Pte F Ledbrook
Pte H O Leatherbarrow
Pte C Lewis
Gunr E Lilley
Tpr J C Lilley
Pte J Ling
Pte W Llewellyn
Pte C Lloyd
Pte J J Lloyd
Pte M E Lloyd
Pte T Lloyd
Pte W F C Long
Pte V P Love
Pte R Lowe
Tpr C A Lucas
Pte W A Luke
Pte P S Macefield
Pte C H Maddox
Sapr F Maidment
Lce Cpl J Malpass
Pte S Malpass
Pte W H Manning
Act Sgt J H S Manuel
Pte H T March
Tpr W Marston
Lce Cpl A Martin
Pte E Martin

Pte F Mason
Pte M Mason
Tpr R S Mason
Pte W F Mason
Sgt H D Massey
Pte A S Matthews
Pte J Matthews
Pte A Matthewson

Gunr F Maling
Pte J McHale
Pte J McHugh
Pte A J McClean
Pte J McNamara
Pte J Metcalf
Sgt A Miller
Pte S T Mills
Pte W Minshull
Pte J Mobley
Pte F Mole
Pte P J Moran
Pte W T Morgan
Pte J Morley
Pte E C Morrall
Lce Cpl A J Morris
Pte C W Morris
Pte W Morris
Pte J Mosedale
Pte A Moulton
Tpr F P Mundy
Pte B Murray
Pte A J Munn
Lce Cpl D E Neale
Pte C J Neale
Pte C W Newton
Pte W H Nicholls
Pte C A Nicholson
Pte J Noakes
Pte R Noland
Cpl B Norris
Adml A C Nowland
Pte A Osborne
Pte H Pace
Pte C Palmer
Stf Sgt Fldl T Parker

Still one more panel to go and that I will cover in the next blog. Such a long list of names that is on this memorial of the Birmingham men that died during this Victorian war. Will we never learn!

Spring with one of the Tulip Festivals taken place in Cannon Hill Park. Such a riot of colour with the South African War Memorial standing in the middle.

Boer War memorial A - GA, Boer War memorial Parker to Yates.

Cannon Hill Park War Memorial, Birmingham for the South Africa War 1899 - 1902 (A - GA)

One of the longest list of names on a war memorial is in Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham. This memorial is to remember the fallen men from the South African War of 1899 to 1902. General Sir Ian Hamilton unveiled this large memorial for the Birmingham men who died in this conflict on the 23rd June 1906. Because each panel has such a long list of names, I will cover this over three blog posts for ease.

The sculpture was made by Albert Toft. I will apologies for this first very long blog post but the list of names run into hundred and then I have plenty of pictures with post cards to show. This blog will cover the names from the beginning of A to Gales.

This was the War Memorial situated in the park taken in January 2007.  It has essentially 4 sides to it with a dedication and then panels of names listed. Some have the regiment served and all have their rank. The panels were very difficult to read and I had to make a list after taking the photographs on this cold January day. Our dog was very patient and stood by my side looking up to see what I was doing!

Side 1 at the front had the dedication and it read as such:

To the glorious memory of the sons of Birmingham who fell in South Africa 1899 - 1902 and to perpetuate the example of all who served in the war. This memorial is erected by their fellow citizens.

There are some scattered memorials for this South African War also known as the Boer War around. Not as many as found for the First World War but they are very valuable to local historians and to those tracing their family history.

The above post card was sent in 1907 from Birmingham to Water Orton in Birmingham. It meant a lot to the sender who was a grandmother and I suspect a mother of one of the men listed.

The second side had the following names on listed in alphabetical order:

Lt C.A.L. Adams-Wylie
Pte P J Abnot
Act Bodr C Ablett
Cpt J Adams
Pt W Aldington
Pte E Allen
Pte J Allen
Pte A W Allett
Pte A Andrews
Pte H Andrews
Pte C Armstrong
Pte J Arnold
Tpr H A Asbury
Pte C Ashenford
Lte Cpl A Ashford
Pte S W Asyon
Lce Cpl W Atkins
Pte L H Austin
Pte G S Austin
Tpr W J Austin
Pte C L Averell
Pte W A Ayres
Pte R Bailey
Tpr A Baker
Pte A H Baker
Pte W T Ballard
Pte W Barber
Pte S Barnes
Pte B Barnes
Pte W Barnes (R War R)
Pte W Barnes (S W Bdrs)
Pte F T Barton
Pte W Barton
Pte W H Barton
Pte F Bates
Sgt C Baycliffe
Sgt A Bednall
Pte J Beeman
Tpr J Beetlestone
Pte C Benham
Lte Cpl A Bennett
Pte AA Benton
Pte L Benton
Pte W C Berry
Lce Cpl A E Betts
Dvr C Bithells
Pte F J Blakeman
Pte G Bliss
Armr Sgt F E Bloore
Gunr T Bloxham
Gunr R Blythe
Pte W H Bonner
Pte C Boucher
Pte H J Boucher
Pte F Bourne
Cpl R Bousfield
Pte J Bowen
Pte E J Bowers
Pte C H Bradshaw
Pte A N Bragg
Pte G M Braid
Pte F Brandon
Lte Cpl J Brennan
Cpl L Brindley
Pte F Brittain
Lte Cpl R Brookes
Pte C O Brown
Pte C Brown
Pte S Brown
Tpr T R Brown
Pte C H Bruford
Pte N Bryan
Gunr A Bryant
Pte C Buckley
Tpr C Y Burne
Pte A Burns
Pte E Burr
Pte H Butler

Pte A Butlin
Pte W R Butwin
Pte J T Cain
Pte W Cammeran (?)
Tpr W L Capewell
Drw W W Carr
Pte J Carrington
Pte C E Cattell
Pte E Chance
Sgt J J Chatwin
Sapr E W Cheadle
Pte C Cheshire
Act Brig W Clark
Pte W Clarke
Drv A E Clarke
Sgt A Clarke
Pte F C Clarke
Pte B C Clarke
Far Cpl B Clarke
Pte F Clarke
Pte W Clancey
Pte O Clearey
Tpe E Coates
Pte W Cole
Pte J Collins
Pte W H Collumbell (?)
Cpl A Comley
Pte W Cook
Pte J F Cooke
Pte M Cooper
Tpe E A Copeland
Pte E Cordy
PteW Costello
Pte A Cox
Pte O Cox
Pte R W Cox
Pte W Cox

Pte W Crompton
Drv A Cull
Pte W Cullis
Pte T Cureton
Lce Sgt R Daniels
Pte T Daniels
Pte E T Danks
Pte R J Darby
Drv F J Davis
Pte C davis
Cpl H Davis
Pte W Davis
Pte W J Davis
Pte C A Davies
Pte J J Davies
Pte A Dawes
Pte Pte G J Debrey
Comr W Deeley
Tpr R J Dent
Pte C Dickenson
Tpr A B Dixon
Pte G W Dixon
Tpr J Dixon
Pte A E Dobbins
Pte C Dowler
Tpr J E Downing
Pte T W Downing
Sgt W E Dudley
Pte J Dunsbee
Lce Cpl J Dorkin
Pte T Earp
Pte A E East
Sgt E W Edgington
Pte W Edmonds
Sgt A Edwards
Cr Sgt H C Edwards
Pte J Elton
Gunr F E Evans
Pte J Evans
Pte R Evans
Pte J Farrell
Pte W Fearney
Pte H Fellowes
Pte T R Finemore
Pte A Fisher (R War R)
Pte A Fisher (Ches R?)
Armr Sgt Maj W Fisher
Pte J Flavell
Pte J Fogg
Sgt T Foley
Pte I Foster
Pte J Foster
Pte W A Fothergill
Pte W Fowkes
Pte W Foxall
Pte D R Fry
Pte F Gales
Crpr F Gales

This ends the long list of names on the second panel from A to Gales. There are two other blogs dedicated to this memorial and each covers the other two panels.

Boer War memorial Gardner to Parker, Boer War memorial Parker to Yates.