Cannock Chase War Cemetery (Commonwealth War Cemetery)
This photograph was taken looking east across the Stafford to Hednesford road to the main entrance gates of the cemetery.
This cemetery contains the graves of 24 British and 73 New Zealand dead from ...
Cannock Chase, near the Camp, Rugeley
This postcard was published by W.H. Smith, Stafford, with a view of the Sherbrook Valley near Rugeley Camp, one of the two army training camps built during World War I.
Cannon in Stubbs Walk, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Children are here seen playing on the historic Crimean War cannon which was presented to the Borough of Newcastle by Samuel Christy MP. The cannon was moved from its pictured location opposite the Orme ...
Canteen staff, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Four women wearing Army Catering Corps overalls and a boy in a suit and waistcoat. They are pictured in the doorway of a hut at Brocton Camp.
Canteen staff, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A group of seven people standing and seated outside a hut at Brocton Camp. The cook is in the front row, far right. Standing back right is Gladys Harvey of Rugeley who served in the Women's Auxiliary ...
Canteen staff, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Canteen staff at Drake Hall during World War II. On the right is Veronica 'Ronnie' Martin from Edinburgh who started work at Drake Hall aged 22. As well as the canteen at Drake Hall, she also worked ...
Canteen staff, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
All the canteen staff at Frobisher Hall. Front row, far left are Mr and Mrs Walker, the Manager and Manageress. Mrs Walker's teenage son, Tony Hancock, was later to become a famous comedian.
Frobisher ...
Canteen staff, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Canteen assistants at Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just after the 2nd World War. Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, ...
Canteen staff, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Some of the canteen staff at Frobisher Hall enjoying some free time. Front row, far right is Alison Webb (then Wharton) who started work at Frobisher Hall in 1940, aged 15. Back row, far left is her ...
Canteen Workers, Brocton Military Camp,
Gladys Harvey (standing) and Ada Potter, who worked in the canteen at Brocton Camp.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. During the First World War two military ...
Cap Badges, Cannock Chase Army Camps
Cap badges representing military units stationed on Cannock Chase between 1915 and 1919.
Top row, left to right: Royal Artillery; Royal Engineers; Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers (City of ...
Capt. H.C. Warner, Home Guard, Pattingham
Captain Warner was 2nd in charge of 'D' Company, pattingham. This Company was based at The Pigot Arms, Pattingham.
Capt. Margaret Barclay, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
On 11th July 1982, Captain Margaret Barclay of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps arrived in the Falkland Islands after an 8,000 mile voyage. From Eccleshall in Staffordshire, she served ...
Captain Walter Norris Congreve
Ogden's British cigarette card, showing Captain Walter Norris Congreve (1862-1927).
Walter Norris Congreve was the son of William and Fanny E. Congreve of Castle Church, Stafford. He served in the ...
Captured German Field Gun, Froghall
This captured field gun is strapped on the back of a railway wagon, pictured on the Froghall Junction line between Froghall Junction and Froghall Wharf in the Churnet valley. The sign attached to the ...
Carl Burton, Falklands Hero, Rugeley
Carl Burton served in the Navy on H.M.S. Invincible during the Falklands War. He is pictured here on his return to Rugeley after the conflict. The Falklands War took place between 2 April and 14 June ...
Carpenters and Sherwood Foresters at Brocton Military Camp
The soldiers being trained at the two military camps on Cannock Chase lived in prefabricated huts. These huts were under construction from late 1914 and were largely built by civilian workmen who were ...
Carpenters at Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Soldiers and no doubt the foreman of the carpenters pose for a photograph with their tools and pet dog. Workmen came from far and wide once the contracts to build the Camps were awarded. Little did some ...