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Bismarck Road, Brunswick Road, Carter Road, Councillor Evans, Councillor Myatt, Presentation Sword, Sharrocks Road, William Carter, Wolverhampton Borough Council
Research on Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Carter can be found in a previous post. However a more recent find is Carter’s signature in the Mayor of Wolverhampton Visitor’s Book, dated 21 March 1918, during the mayoralty of Mayor John Myatt.
A newspaper article the following year reveals a further celebration of Carter and his Military service. Two Wolverhampton streets, Brunswick Road and Bismarck Road, were renamed because they were seen as having German origins, although a Councillor Evans protested against “carrying this sort of thing to such an absurd lengths”. The former was renamed as Sharrocks Road, after a Labour member of the Council, and the later, Carter Road. There was also some discussion over whether the statue of Prince Albert, the “German Prince”, should also be removed from Queen Square, and at the time of the newspaper article, this issue was undecided. Although it has been moved from its original location several times, the statue remains in Queen Square to this day.