The Imperial War Graves Commission
The War Dead of the British Commonwealth
1939-45
Warwickshire - (Library Ref: 940-5465)
Birmingham (Handsworth) Cemetery
(Index Nº: UK 6856)
This is one of the group of cemeteries owned by the City of Birmingham Corporation.
It was opened in 1909, covers 40 acres of ground and is situated about a mile from
Handsworth railway station, three miles north west of Birmingham. It contains war
graves of both World Wars, the 1914-18 War burials numbering 104. After the 1914-18
War a Cross of Sacrifice was erected near the Chapel, and behind it a memorial screen
wall commemorating 47 men whose graves could not be marked by individual headstones
and whose names are engraved on six panels set into the wall.
A small piece of ground was set aside in Section 40 for Service burials of the 1939-45
War, near the main drive, but most of the War graves are situated outside it in
other parts of the cemetery. The total number of 1939-45 War burials is 99, which
is made up by 10 men of the Royal Navy; 57 men and women of the Army; 25 men and
women of the Royal Air Force, all belonging to the United Kingdom Forces; 6 men
of the Home Guard and 1 member of the Air Training Corps. The Home Guard and Air
Training Corps were civilian organisations recognised by the Armed Forces, whose
members graves rank as War graves.
The names of 4 men whose graves could not be marked by headstones were added to
the existing memorial wall.
Buried in Handsworth Cemetery:
WILCOX, Dvr, Harold Frederick Percy. T/227057 R.A.S.C. 9th March 1947, Age 40 yrs.
Son of Sydney Harold Richmond WILCOX and Mary Elizabeth WILCOX, of Handsworth, Birmingham.
Sec. 18 C.of E. Class B. Grave 25234.
The War Graves of the British Empire
G.B. and Ireland
Volume 5, 1931 - (Library Ref: 940-467)
Birmingham (Brandwood End) Cemetery
Is at Kings Heath, between the Alcester and Redditch Roads. It was opened in 1897
by the then Kings Norton Urban District Council and taken over by the Birmingham
Corporation when Kings Norton was absorbed. It covers 54 acres of which 43 are now
laid out. It contains 105 scattered War Graves; and a War Cross is erected in a
central position, with screen walls to record the names of those over whose graves
headstones are not erected.
Buried in Brandwood End Cemetery:
WILCOX, Pte. Albert. 28509 =C= COY. 16th Batallion Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 8th August 1917, Age 36 yrs. Son of William and Elizabeth WILCOX,
Born at Birmingham. C. I =C.= 426
Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery
On the North-East side of the City, was opened in 1863, and belongs to the Corporation.
It covers 104 acres. It contains 451 War Graves, of which over 200 are in the three
denominational War Plots, marked by screen walls; and a War Cross is erected on
the West side of the cemetery, between the main avenue and the superintendents house.
Buried in Witton Cemetery:
WILCOX, Dvr. George Frederick. 139025. 62nd Division, Ammunition Col., Royal Field
Artillery. Died of Pneumonia 20th August 1916, Age 27 yrs. Son of John William WILCOX;
Husband of the late Violet WILCOX. 64 08704.
Birmingham (Yardley) Cemetery
Opened in 1883, belongs to the Corporation. It lies on the road from Yardley to
Acocks Green railway station, a little South of the Birmingham to Coventry Road.
It covers 80 acres, with the new ground acquired. It contains 261 War Graves, of
which 62 are in the War Plot, to the right of the main avenue. Screen walls are
erected for the plot and for those other War Graves which are not marked by headstones,
and the War Cross is near the path which joins the two entrances from Yardley Road.
Buried in Yardley Cemetery:
WILCOX. Pte. William Alfred, 4969, 2nd Batallion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died
14th August 1919, Age 23 yrs. Son of Alfred John and May Jane WILCOX of 45 Devon
Street, Saltley, Birmingham. E. 2466IA.