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“If you think, have a kindly thought, If you speak, speak generously, Of those who as heroes fought And died to keep you free”
Set up by the Black Country Society. Our aim is to highlight local men who died in the Great War and how they have been commemorated on war memorials. Its scope covers the whole of the present Dudley Municipal Borough and therefore includes the places which have come within its bounds since 1914.
There are over fifty memorials and the number of names exceeds three thousand. Research on the names has been extensive but inevitably errors and omissions occur. We would like to hear about them concentrated on life and work before 1914, involvement in military campaigns and where each man is buried or commemorated.
James Field was the son of Harry and Eliza Field and married to Hannah, all living in 49 Birmingham Street, Halesowen. He attended Halesowen C of E School. In 1914 he volunteered for the Worcesters and was sent to the 4th Battalion, a regular battalion. They arrived on Gallipoli on the 25th April but could not make sufficient progress on the peninsula. Fresh landings took place on the 6th August when the original forces, including the 4th Battalion. attempted to break out at the same time. It was unsuccessful and Private James Field was killed in the third Battle of Krithia on this day. He was 38 years of age and is commemorated on the Helles, Halesowen and Halesowen C of E School Memorials.
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ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, High St, Halesowen, Dudley, West Midlands, England, B63 3BB
