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The woman who paved the way for female bobbies on the beat in Birmingham

The girl guide who went against the odds following discrimination

As Quakers, the Cadbury family faced a dilemma when war broke out

The players who were encouraged to leave the football pitch for the battle ground

The cyclists who rode ahead in combat to uncover information

How Cadbury’s continued to prosper throughout WW1

The car manufacturer who was against women factory workers

Where more than 50 unnaturalised Germans were locked up

Bullets to penetrate Zeppelins

Bringing injured troops to the Midlands for treatment

The largest war hospital in Birmingham during WW1

Maurice Berkeley Peel returned to the front wounded and later died as chaplain

The New Zealander troops who were much loved in Cannock Chase

Saving lives on the front line by replacing soldiers’ caps with helmets

How leather from Walsall helped the war effort

World famous whistle manufacturers to signal danger during the war

From Birmingham academic genius to front line hero

Zeppelin bombardment that devastated Walsall

Douglas Maynard mentored protestors of the war via letters that have been uncovered

Little remains of Birmingham’s aviation history that was imperative to WW1 efforts