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St. Thomas' Peace Garden, Bath Row, Birmingham
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A brief history of the bombing of St. Thomas' Church and subsequent resurrection as a Peace Garden, located in the heart of Birmingham City Centre.
8469 Pte. P. Steward, 2nd Bn Suffolk Regiment, Battle of the Somme (Serre)
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A 'virtual' battlefield tour, telling the story of the 13 November 1916 attack on the village of Serre made by the 2nd battalion Suffolk Regiment. Made in commemmoration of Private Percy Steward, killed in action during the attack.
RAF Wythall, Worcestershire, 1939-1959
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A walkaround the site of RAF Wythall, headquarters of No. 31 Group of RAF Balloon Command. The site is mainly cleared, but there are a number of excellent aerial photographs from 1946 we can use to make sense of the site....
Wolverley Camp, Worcestershire, The U.S. 52nd General Hospital
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As part of our Worcestershire at War series, this video focuses upon one of several American Army hospitals that were established in the county between 1943 and 1945.
The Earlswood Heinkel, 10/11 May 1941
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