257889 Pte. Christopher Bullivant British Army 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment from:Birmingham (d.6th November 1915) My grandfather's brother, Christopher Bullivant, was a private in the 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment who was killed at Festubert, France on 6th November 1915.
My father's brother was born in December 1915 and named after his dead uncle. He was killed in North Africa on 29th June 1943, I am named Christopher after them both, my middle name is John after my father's cousin John Holland who was killed by the Japanese whilst attempting to escape from a prison train in the Far East. There were only twenty houses in Trenville Avenue (half were destroyed by bombing) four of the boys who grew up there were to be killed in WW2, as well as the two above one sailor was blown up when HMS Hood was destroyed by the Bismarck.
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