British Legion Club, Stafford
The newly refurbished bar at the British Legion Club on Eastgate Street, Stafford which was declared open by the Club President, Major R.J.C. Evans, on Friday 14 November 1952. Glasses of beer are being ...
British Legion Pageant Float, Stafford,
Photograph of the British Legion pageant float taken on Corporation Street.
The annual Stafford Pageant included a procession through the town, and ended with a fair on the town common. A prize was ...
British Legion Parade, Clifton Campville
Former Home Guard members at a British legion parade in Clifton Campville..
British Legion Parade, Wetley Rocks
British Legion members march past St. John the Baptist church at Wetley Rocks.
British Legion parading, Church Road, Codsall
Codsall British Legion parading down Church Road, with a new flag after a dedication in Codsall Parish Church. Possibly Armistice Day.
Next to standard bearer is Bill Neal (Bilbrook Church Warden), ...
British Legion parading, Church Road, Codsall
Codsall British Legion parading with their new flag after a dedication in Codsall Parish Church. Possibly Armistice Day?
Next to standard bearer is Bill Neal (Bilbrook Church Warden), Vicar - Reverend ...
British Legion presentation, Ex-Servicemens Club, Anglesey Street, Hednesford
Mr A.P. Latham is presented with a gift on his retirement as President of the British Legion.
From right to left are: Clarry Kelsey, ?, ?, ?, Russ Cowdell (presenting the gift), Major Fowkes, Archie ...
British Legion sign, Weston
Inverted pear-shaped plaque. Plywood with paper facia. A lion's head in black and silver, on a gold ground with a blue border and gold inscription: "BRITISH LEGION". It was hung outside the British Legion ...
Brocton
In the distance is Brocton Military Camp.
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located near to Anson's Bank, and Rugeley Camp, which extended ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This is an excellent image of the Camp and shows many of the features within it. The lighter coloured huts at the front left of the main block of buildings are the Ablution W. C.s and Urinals. The hut ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
"M", "N" and "O" lines at Brocton Camp in winter. The snow highlights fencing between the troops' huts and the Officers' huts which is not easy to see at other times of the year. Most postcards sent ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The soldiers pushing their bikes are just passing the Post Office on their left. It took a while for it to be set up and until then they would have had to join the long queue in Milford Post Office to ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A postcard view of “F” and “G” Battalion Lines at Brocton Camp. On the reverse it says, “F & G Lines a view of part of Brocton Camp, the home of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade”.
In order to differentiate ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
In the only flat area in Old Acre Valley an assault course was built, with what appears to be a running track. In the foreground is one of the barbed wire entanglements to train the troops in the construction ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The eastern slope of Old Acre Valley with the 30,000 gallon Water Tower to the right. The long roof line in the centre of the image at the back is the Ordnance Store. The layout of Brocton's main stores ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Two soldiers from a Scottish Regiment, one in a kilt, the other in plaid trousers stride across Old Acre Valley with "O" lines behind them and the ever present Water Tower. The long building on the far ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The farmhouse is in front of the training areas for "E" and "F" Battalion Lines. In front of the huts are straw sacks suspended from frames for bayonet practice and nearby there would have been trenches ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Officer's Huts are on the left foreground showing individual stove chimneys coming out of each compartmentalized room. Some suspended hay sacks are visible on the right slope for bayonet practice.
The ...