Blue plaque bid for war hero Frank Foley
A Black Country war hero who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War could be honoured with a blue plaque.
Councillors are being asked to fund the commemoration to Major Frank Foley, who lived in Stourbridge until his death in 1958.
Members of the locally-based 63 Military Intelligence Company charitable fund are asking for £1,650 for the design, casting and installation of the plaque on 32 Eveson Road, Norton.
It would be the latest tribute to the war hero after a statue of him was unveiled by Prince William in Stourbridge last year.
Maj Foley used his position as a passport controller at the British Embassy to bend the rules to save Jews from the concentration camps.
He used skills picked up in the secret service to obtain false papers, passports and visas. He entered the camps and presented travel visas to the Nazi authorities. He is thought to have saved 10,000 Jews from the gas chambers.
The grant application will be heard by the Norton, Pedmore and Stourbridge East, and Wollaston and Stourbridge Town Community Forum on Monday.
