Description:12th North Staffordshire Home Guard 'A' Company at their new headquarters at Hagley Hall, Rugeley.
Top row (left to right): Pte Harvey , unknown, Pte Hill, Pte P. Harrison, Pte Bott, Pte Barry, unknown, Pte Sutton , unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Pte Smytheman, unknown, unknown, unknown, Pte Wood, Pte Southwell, unknown, Pte Jelfs, Pte Nixon, Cpl Kent.
2nd row: Pte Sanders, Pte Parker, L.Cpl Ted Hill, Pte Hutchinson, unknown, Pte L.Ball, Pte E. Spencer, Pte Harold Smith, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Pte A. Upton, Pte Hill, Pte Jack Brown, the rest of the row unknown.
3rd row: unknown, Pte Williscroft, Pte Rowbottom, Pte Braidley, unknown, Pte Kibble, Pte Mountford?, Pte Lee, Pte N. Boulton, Pte Morley, Pte George Hollis, Pte Houldcroft, Pte Jack Hill, Pte Hackett, unknown, Pte Stinson, Pte neal, unknown, Lt B. Till, unknown, unknown, unknown.
Front row: unknown, Pte Bannister, Sgt C Hawkins, Sgt Scattergood, Sgt Moore, Sgt Brandrick, Lieut W. Fallows, Lt C. Wickerstaff, Lt W. Garner, Capt E.C. Toye, Major J. Walton, C.S.M. Webb, Capt J.H. Maes, Lt D. Leadbetter, Lt S. Ball, Lt Sharp, Lt J.H. Joyner, Sgt Findall, Sgt Ford, Cpl H. Webb, Pte Malpass, Pte Page.
Kneeling at front: unknown.
Private Sydney John Malpas lived at The Ring, Great Heywood where he was born. He was the son of George Malpass and Martha Plasida Malpass (nee Hitchen). Sydney worked at Shugborough as a farm labourer, as did his father George.