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I am in the process of trying to help my 73 year old Father find his father who is buried at your cemetery.
Unfortunately my Father was only 11years old at the time of his fathers death and his knowledge about his father is very limited.
We know that he served in the RAF from around 1939 until 1946, and served in Palestine.
My father wants to know his service records and we are in the process of trying to organise this, but we need a death certificate and unfortunately my Father doesn’t know his Fathers date of birth. If you can help me with this enquiry then that we help me grately.
My Grandfathers name was:
Mr Harold James Brooks.
He Died on or around the 5th November 1948 and I believe was buried on or around the 11th November 1948.
Sadly he has an unmarked grave as funds etc were very limited.
Any information from you would be gratefully received.
Kind thanks.
Mrs Dawn Askins and Mr Roy Brooks.
Hello, and thank you for your enquiry. Normally I would refer you to the Bereavements Department of Birmingham City Council (the Cemetery owners) but because he was in the Forces we may be able to help. One of our committee members ‘specialises’ in the war graves so he may be able to help out. I will ask him and come back to you. Sarah, on behalf of FBEC
Relating to headstones, it seems to me that some of the ‘morbidness’, surrounding cemeteries, is slowly but surely fading. After all, most of us now don’t think twice of people strolling through Brandwood or stopping to read headstones. If headstones were laid flat or maybe even reduced in height to make them more ‘stable’, people may think twice before stopping to look or read and maybe this would take things a step or two backwards?!. In terms of responsibility, there seems to be a number of factors: the laying of the foundation for the stone; the words on the stone and the question of fading; the stone itself and the question of quality/longevity. The problem is that the foundations govern movement related to the stone and in turn the ground itself governs movement of the foundations. So who will accept responsibility for movement? Then there are two stages; the stones already laid and those to be laid. We heard on Thursday, at the FBEC AGM, how rules and regulations are currently governing the laying of future stones and how there are professionals ‘out there’ with a great deal of empathy for trying to solve the issues with stones already laid. The good thing is that the major issues are being addressed.
i have two graves that i attend to every week one in the middle of the cemetry the other at the bottom and both are getting robbed statues flowers cards everything i want to know how do i go about getting cctv in the cemetry as it’s not good enough kingsnorton is secure and looks lovely just because brandwood is a old cemetry the council need to sort something out instead of wanting more money off people saying the headstones are not safe have they looked at the buildings and roads in there rant over
Hi Annie. I am sorry to hear that your grave has been interfered with. Having taken part in several litter picks I do wonder if the wind could be the culprit? It really does blow a gale around the Cemetery and we find flowers, ribbons, cards, pots in hedges and also blown right away from the graves. We do our best to locate the grave the items are from but if we can’t they do go into the bin to keep the Cemetery tidy I’m afraid.
If you don’t think it could be the wind you really need to contact Birmingham City Council, the owners of Brandwood Cemetery, about the missing items and you can find their details here. We would really appreciate your support in gaining CCTV coverage for the Cemetery. The Friends do what they can to keep the Cemetery tidy and welcoming – activities such as litter picks, memorial garden restoration and remembrance sunday services but we are all volunteers and our time and funds are limited. If you could find it in you to support our efforts you can join the Friends here.
Thank you for getting in touch Annie. Let us know and keep us in touch with any progress or thoughts.