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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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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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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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This photograph was taken at Port Elizabeth during the Boer War. The British Army had recently changed the uniform colour to khaki, to better camo...
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This photograph was taken on the occasion of the Reception of Colours in Lichfield Cathedral.
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Soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment arriving at Lichfield Trent Valley Railway Station from Minden, German, prior to being posted to the C...
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The gentleman saluting is the Wing Commander. Also in the photograph is Colonel E.G. Thompson.
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Local troops standing with horses, which were being used for transporting small arms ammunition in boxes.
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The Army Cadet Force (ACF) was set up for youths who were too young to join the army, making it possible for them to undergo a shorter period of tr...
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Mary Smith is pictured here in her Girls Training Corp uniform. Stone Girls Training Corp was founded by Mrs Wenger of Aston, Stone, who was also t...
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Cadets from Stone Air Training Corps on parade at R.A.F. Stafford.
The aim of the Air Training Corps was to prepare cadets for service in the Ro...
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The pilot was Gustav Hamel, a pioneer aviator, who performed a flying display over Lammascote Fields at the request of Stafford Town Council. His ...
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