Convalescent soldiers, Cheadle
A group of soldiers on leave in standing outside Cheadle Town Hall. Most appear to be wearing 'Hospital Blues'. The poster in the archway advertises the Osborne Cinema.
The Town Hall was built in ...
Convalescing soldiers, Ravenhill House, Brereton
Ravenhill House had been briefly unoccupied when, in March 1915, the War Office intimated that Lady Zouche had offered the house as a V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detached) Hospital to be operated by the Red ...
Cook's staff and Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
There was a Prisoner of War Camp at Brocton Camp from 1917 to 1919. Five of the twenty Battalion Lines were used to house the German prisoners. Each Battalion Line had its own Cookhouse and there was ...
Corporal Alfred Wood, Stafford
A studio portrait of Corporal Alfred (Alf) Wood 201974, North Staffordshire Regiment.
Before the war he was an assistant at Messrs. Watkins, Price and Webb's grocers on Eastgate Street, Stafford. ...
Corporal Alfred Wood, Stafford
A remembrance card for Corporal Alfred (Alf) Wood 201974, North Staffordshire Regiment.
Before the war he was an assistant at Messrs. Watkins, Price and Webb's grocers on Eastgate Street, Stafford. ...
Corps of Drums, 1st North Staffordshire Regiment, Dinapore, India
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’ the Empire’, and keeping order in case of racial tension ...
Courtship, Milford, Brocton Camp
The postcard infers that the troops are fraternizing with the locals or maybe their loved ones came to visit and stay in rooms close to the Camp. It is known that many people let rooms out to visiting ...
Cricket at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield
A postcard view of a cricket match at Whittington Barracks. In the background on the left is the Keep which is Grade II listed and also known as the Armoury. In the centre and on the right are several ...
Cricketers, Common Plot, Stone
This postcard shows a group of men on the Common Plot, Stone, some of whom are wearing cricket whites and spikes. This group appears to include convalescing soldiers as one man is in Army uniform and ...
Croquet Players, Eccleshall,
'D' Company 14th North Staffordshire Home Guard, Stafford
'D' Company are pictured here outside Edward VI Grammar School, Stafford.
Ken Flint is pictured on the far right of the second row from the back.
Darlaston Inn, Meaford, near Stone
The Darlaston Inn, near Meaford. The inn closed in March 2018. Today it stands on a traffic island at the busy junction of the A34 Stoke to Stone road and the A51 to Nantwich. A group of soldiers on ...
D-Day Landing Flag
This flag is from one of the landing crafts used in the D-Day Landings on Tuesday 6th June 1944.
It was given to the youngest member of the crew Eric Heath from Sandyford.
The flag was blackened ...
Dedication Ceremony at the Depot of the North Stafford Regiment, Whittington Barracks
Dick Flint
Served as Sgt. Dick Flint, 7th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment in World War Two.
Digging Trenches, Saffron Walden
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 rest of the 46th (North Midland) Division to Luton. In ...
Dismissal of the Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Organising Burslem's Home Defences
Printed notice dated 7th November 1803, requesting a meeting in Burslem Market Hall.
The meeting was called to discuss the dismissal of the Burslem Volunteer ...
Drill hall and fire station, Rugeley
The Drill Hall and Fire Station viewed from Anson Street. In the distance is the new fire station built on Taylor's Lane which opened in 1936. The bus on the far right is coming out of Whieldon's bus ...