On this site I am recording the details of men commemorated on the war memorial in Broadway.
I have also published a book, Broadway Remembers (ISBN 978-0-9929891-0-1), which is a history of the Broadway War Memorial and the men commemorated on the memorial who lost their lives in the First World War. It is a not-for-profit publication that was published to coincide with the global First World War Centenary commemorations led by IWM. Proceeds from the sales of Broadway Remembers were (and continue to be) donated to the Poppy Appeal and over £4,000 has been raised to date.
I am also using this site to record my family members who fought in either the First World War or Second World War, or both.
To obtain a copy of Broadway Remembers please contact me.
Debbie Williamson
20 September 2023
Broadway Remembers 
RE: OSWALD SWIFT FLOWER
HE WAS A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY AND I HAVE VISITED HIS GRAVE NEAR MAMETZ WOOD. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS IF NEEDED
I am carrying out background research on all the men commemorated on the Wrexham War Memorial as part of the local commemoration of the centenary of the Great War. Your family member, Oswald Swift Flower is one of these as he commanded 13 Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, whose depot was in Wrexham. Do you have access to any photographs of Colonel Flower that I might be able to obtain a copy of?
Alister
Alister, There is a photo of Oswald Swift Flower at https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=642395562470781&id=581105541933117. Graham Knight is the contact and manages the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1900-1919 page. Regards, Debbie
You are right that I wrote up Stourbridge Men in the Great War. Here is the paragraph on Ernest Parker:
PARKER, Ernest H. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 7 July 1917
Ernest Parker was one of the three sons on active service of Herbert Parker, glass engraver, of 24 Lower Hill Street, Stourbridge. He enlisted in the Warwicks and joined the 14th (Service) Battalion. This was the 1st Birmingham Battalion which went to France in November 1915 and joined the 5th Division on the Somme near Fricourt. In the 1916 Battle of the Somme the Warwicks were present at High Wood, Gillemont and Morval. In early 1917 they transferred to Artois and fought in the first three phases of the Battle of Arras in April and May. The first was marked by the successful capture of Vimy Ridge on the 9th April. The Warwicks were still there in July. Although there were no more set battles, shell fire was always a serious hazard and Private Ernest Parker was killed in action on the 7th July. He was 26 years of age and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial and on the Stourbridge Memorial.
Could yet me know your information about him so that I can add them to my paragraph.
Best wishes,
Roy
I am very pleased to read that you are researching the men commemorated on the war memorial in Broadway, Worcestershire and that you will be writing a book of commemoration, ‘Broadway Remembers’.
I am researching my family history and I have recently discovered that my first cousin 3 times removed is Lance Corporal Edmund Joseph WALE. I wondered if it would be possible to see a close up photograph of one of the 8 panels which contains the inscribed name of my ancestor as unfortunately, I am unable to visit the war memorial myself to pay my respects. Please let me know if you require any further information regarding my ancestor to assist you with your wonderful book; and I would like to know when your book will be published. Thank you.
Dear Michelle,
Thank you for getting in touch. I will be in touch and will send you a photograph of the panel which has Edmund’s name inscribed on it.
Regards,
Debbie
I very much like the comments on my grand-father William Wilson Keyte. His mother was Ann Keyte. Can you confirm his father’s full name? Regards Allen Keyte allenkeyte@gmail.com
It appears that your grandfather’s birth was registered in 1885 as Wilson William C. Keyte. A copy of his birth certificate can be obtained using the reference Evesham 6c page 338.