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Lest We Forget Members of the 1st A Birmingham Boys' Brigade We remember those who were prepared to pay the ultimate price, and give their lives, so that we can live in freedom and peace.. Especially we remember those below who were members of our Company We remember : John Sidney Hammond, Royal Navy Lost with HMS Royal Oak, 14th October 1939 Leonard Ernest Downs, Royal Navy Lost with HMS Exmouth, 21st January 1940 Harold Kain, Royal Artillery Died of wounds after Dunkirk, 30th May 1940 Albert Baker, A boy in the company, aged 17 Died of wounds 13th April 1941 Received in a Birmingham air raid two days before Leslie Humphries, Royal Navy, aged 28 Lost with HMS Gloucester, Crete, 22nd May 1941 William Joseph Lewis, Royal Air Force, aged 22 Killed in Action, 30th November 1941 Vaughan Allen, Royal Air Force, aged 19 Killed on active service 3rd March 1943 Frederick A Norton, Inns of Court Regiment Killed on active service, 2nd February 1944 Horace Sherriff, Dorset Regiment, aged 19 Killed in action in France on 'D' Day, 6th June 1944 Cyril Colledge, Dragoon Guards, aged 25 Killed in action in France, 9th August 1944 Herbert J.W.Hyde, Royal Artillery Killed on active service in Malta 27th December 1944 Lord from our hearts, to Thee we give thanks for their life-blood shed; We pray for grace that we may live true to our glorious dead. REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE 3.00 PM 10th NOVEMBER 2019 |
