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Front row: 2nd from right is Dennis Ridge, 3rd from right is Frank Frost. At this time Frank lived in Eversley Road, Normacot and was about 17 yea...
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A big decision
In 1812, the people of the Potteries were struggling for their livelihoods. One government decision could make a...
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Terminating a war fatal to the true interests of our country
In 1813 Great Britain was in the midst of war with France a...
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On the outbreak of war in August 1914, the 1/6th South Staffords, the T.A. Battalion for the Wolverhampton area, was mobilised and moved with the r...
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Until India was granted its independence in 1947, there was a large part of the British Army that was integrated with the Indian Army – ‘policing’ ...
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Through its history the Staffordshire Regiment has been involved in many campaigns and wars and has been stationed in many parts of the world. Form...
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The 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment was in Korea between 1954 and 1955, following the Korean war.
Through its history the Staffordshire Reg...
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Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey, was born in 1768 and died in 1854. The Paget family home was Beaudesert, which stood on the south-ea...
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From 1951 to 1953 the 1st North Staffords were part of the garrison in Trieste, where there was still dispute following World War Two, over the fro...
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Malta was a British colony from 1814 until it was granted independence in 1964. The 1st North Staffords were part of the peacetime garrison there ...
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The South Staffords in this picture were just starting a difficult posting in Cyprus. Troops (including a large number of National Servicemen) wer...
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