John Davies medal presentation, Buckingham Palace
John (Jack) Davies of Colwich was a gunner on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) during World War II. He was awarded the D.S.M. in 1945 and was presented with it by King George VI at Buckingham ...
John Russell Alder, Gunner 11052276 Royal Artillery. Born 1923
John was born on 27th September 1923 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 1941 all men between 20 and 23 years of age had to report to the Employment Exchange in Blackpool Lancashire to register for military ...
Jubilee Stone, Rudyard
Erected in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the Jubilee Stone in Rudyard also serves as the village War Memorial. It commemorates The Boer War, World War One and World War Two, as well as ...
Jubilee Stone, Rudyard
A postcard view of the Jubilee Stone in Rudyard which was erected in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Quarried from a large split block of gritstone, the Jubilee Stone serves as the village ...
Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase
The Katyn Memorial was unveiled in 1979 and is sited close to Springslade Lodge, about half a mile from the German Cemetery and Commonwealth Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase.
In 1940 4,500 Polish ...
Ken and Geoff Platt, Uttoxeter Road, Longton
Ken and Geoff Platt who lived at 5 High St (later Uttoxeter Rd), Longton, pictured in front of a wartime Anderson Shelter in the back yard of 1,Uttoxeter Road. Behind the shelter is the huge bottle oven ...
Kizis sisters, Edinburgh
A photograph taken in 1939, showing the three eldest Kizis sisters (left to right: Margaret, Nellie and Mary). It was intended as a keepsake for Nellie Kizis to take with her to Frobisher Hall, Staffordshire ...
Knitted Mittens, WW2
These woollen mittens have been knitted out of khaki coloured wool and were hand knitted probably for a soldier during World War 2..
Land Army girl and Suffolk gelding, The Wood, Adbaston
Women's Land Army girl Miss Iris Penn holding Suffolk gelding 'Smiler' in harness. Photographed for Mr T. Rowland Ball, at The Wood, Adbaston.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographer of High Street, ...
Land Army girls at Shugborough,
Land Army girls Muriel Jessop and Mrs Sillito at Shugborough Walled Garden during the Second World War.
Muriel Jessop worked as a Land Girl at Shugborough from November 1939 to late 1944. The garden ...
Land Army Girls. Circa 1942
During WW II many women joined the armed forces in non-combatant roles, that is they did not see actual fighting.
Some women went into the Royal Air Force or the Royal Navy. Some women chose to be ...
Latrine, Perton Airfield
A derelict building in Hoylake Woods, Perton which dates from the time of Perton Airfield. This building was a latrine block and has since been demolished.
Perton Airfield was constructed in 1940 ...
Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of French soldiers from the camp at Trentham during World War Two.
Local Home Guard Platoon, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the local Home Guard platoon during World war 2 marching down Liverpool Road.
Longton C.E. School
Photograph shows war time shelters and static water tank.
Longton Church of England School was built in 1836 on School Lane (later Webberley Lane).
Lotus Ltd. War Memorial, Stafford
Memorial to the memory of the men from Lotus who fell in the First World War and the Second World War. When the Lotus factory on Sandon Road was demolished in 1998, the memorial was moved to nearby John ...
Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, South Staffordshire Home Guard on Cannock Chase
Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, Commanding Officer of the 29th Battalion (West Bromwich) South Staffordshire Regiment Home Guard. Richard Arthur Davies was born in Liverpool in 1886. He studied at Liverpool University ...
Luftwaffe View of RAF Stafford
The Luftwaffe was certainly aware of RAF Stafford during 1940 as this reconnaissance photograph shows. The Station's sites are clearly marked out north of Stafford. Fortunately RAF Stafford was able ...