After moving to Wolverhampton, a number of members of my family worked for Butlers (Springfield) Brewery in Wolverhampton, from the time my Great Grandfather moved to Wolverhampton in 1890 until around 1983 when my father retired from there shortly before the Brewery closed down. This period includes World War 1 from 1914-1918 and World War 2 from 1939- 1945.
After the second war they added another plinth underneath the original memorial to honour those who served in the second conflict.
The memorial has been moved twice, once from the brewery to the TA centre in Wolverhampton and from there to the Black Country Museum in Dudley where it now resides.
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In WW1 my Grandfather George Henry Tame and his elder Brother Oliver Tame served and were lucky enough to survive. My Grandfather Corporal George Henry Tame received the Military Medal (MM) for bravery in the field. His older brother Oliver also survived, but died in 1926 aged only 37. George Henry Tame worked for 50 years at the brewery.
In WW2 My Father George Albert Tame served in the army regiment Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME) where he became a Craftsman, and his brother Albert Edward Tame was a Leading Aircraftsman in the RAF. They both survived and are listed on the memorial.
George Albert Tame returned to the brewery where his newly learnt skills allowed him to become a mechanic in the brewery garage where he remained for most of his working life. He worked a total of 42 years for Butler's Brewery, despite it being taken over by Mitchells and Butlers and then by Bass Worthington, eventually taking early retirement at the age of 62.
Albert left to work elsewhere but Charles, one of George's other brothers came to work at the brewery at a later date.