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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:27 pm    Post subject: Birmingham Municipal Bank Reply with quote

UKNIWM Ref 38694

Located in Ruthwell Savings Bank museum at OS Map Ref NY 102 674

This is obviously not a Scottish memorial as it is from Birmingham but it is currently in Scotland and so is listed. I had heard rumours of this memorial so tracked it down to an unlikely location. The museum is barely the size of a front parlour.

UKNIWM currently reports "2001: CURRENT LOCATION OF THE WAR MEMORIAL IS UNKNOWN. WHEN THE BRANCH IT WAS IN WAS CLOSED IN 1998 IT WAS MOVED TO A LOCAL BRANCH. ATTEMPTS TO FIND OUT WHICH ONE HAVE PROVED FRUITLESS". I will let them know it is found



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well done Paul. It's a shame it isn't in Birmingham but it least it has been traced and photographed.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The plaque was unveiled by the Bank's Chairman and dedicated by the Rector of Birmingham on Saturday, March 31st 1951.
See http://www.bmbhistory.org.uk/My_Homepage_Files/Page114.html
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got the following from David Parkes who runs the BMB History web site.

Thank you very much for informing me of the whereabouts of the WW2 plaque.
I have been very anxious to trace the location of the plaque, although I
had assumed it had disappeared into the archives of Birmingham City Council.

Obviously, the plaque is a very important part of the BMB's history, and I
was keen to record its existence on my website - you have now enabled me to
do that. It was only due to the amazing memory of one of my ex-Bank
colleagues, that I even had the surnames of the three members of staff
recorded, as the paperwork relating to the dedication service that I found,
did not mention their names.

The plaque was probably removed from the Broad Street Head Office of the
Bank when the building was refurbished during its TSB days in about 1985.
At the same time, portraits of Neville Chamberlain and former General
Managers of the Bank were removed. I wonder if these are also in Scotland.

Thanks again for providing me with this information, and the link to the
excellent photograph of the plaque.

Regards

David
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Ken for passing on the info.

I did not notice the portraits, but they may be there but not on display.

The museum has a website http://www.savingsbanksmuseum.co.uk/ and the contact page has a telephone number

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Probably:
BIRD, ROBERT WALTERS.
Rank:Sergeant
Service No:1163345
Date of Death:30/09/1941
Age:19
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
78 Sqdn.
Panel ReferencePanel 39.
MemorialRUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Oliver and Helen Josephine Bird, of Olton, Warwickshire.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BORASTON, DENNIS.
Rank:Serjeant
Service No:10587333
Date of Death:21/08/1946
Age:37
Regiment/Service:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Grave ReferenceColumn 1.
CemeteryBIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:
Son of Ernest and Alice Boraston, of Birmingham, husband of Eveline Boraston, of King's Norton, Birmingham.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SAVAGE, GEORGE DOUGLAS.
Rank:Sergeant
Service No:962599
Date of Death:11/02/1942
Age:22
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
150 Sqdn.
Panel ReferencePanel 93.
MemorialRUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of George Albert Grenville Savage and Dorothy Mary Savage, of Edgbaston, Birmingham; husband of Peggy Evelyn Savage.
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