The Station Farm, RAF Stafford
The RAF Stafford Station Farm was used as a training centre for service personnel who were to be demobbed and wished to take up new skills in farming, animal management, gardening and crop cultivation. ...
The Station Football Team at RAF Stafford
Among those pictured in this group photograph are:- Sgt Happing, Sgt Quigley, LAC Morris (Captain), Sgt Barnatt, AC Sharp, Cpl Salt, LAC Bedford, Cpl Stafford, LAC Carter and Cpl Thompson.
RAF Stafford ...
The Station Football Team at RAF Stafford
Back row (left to right): S/LDR NH Potts (officer I/C Soccer), SAC Inglis, LAC Hopkirk, AC Petrie, SAC Robbins, AC Trainor, SAC Kennedy, W/CDR. GM Gibson and Mr T Lee (Trainer).
Front row: SAC Barker, ...
The Station Rugby Team at RAF Stafford
Pictured is the Station's Rugby Union Team, winners of the Midlands Rugby Sevens Tournament in 1959.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of land ...
The Station Sports Day at RAF Stafford
Participants in the chariot race during the Station's Sports Day.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of land near Stafford. The main site was ...
The Station Sports Day at RAF Stafford
Spectators pictured during the Station Sports Day.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of land near Stafford. The main site was at Beaconside ...
The Station Sports Day at RAF Stafford
Competitors arriving at the finishing line during one of the Station Sports Day races.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of land near Stafford. ...
The Station Trophy Winners at RAF Stafford
Pictured is Air Commodore King with all the Station sporting trophy winners and their trophies.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of land near ...
The Wedding of George and Irene Brew, Rugeley
George and Irene Brew (nee Acton) are pictured at their wedding at St Augustine’s Church in Rugeley. After the ceremony a reception was held in the Cabin public house (later this became the Vaults), by ...
The WRAF return to RAF Stafford
The WRAF return to RAF Stafford after an absence of ten years. They are pictured being greeted by the Station Commander, Group Captain E D Hills who later retired as an Air-Vice Marshall.
RAF Stafford ...
The Yarnfield Yank Magazine
This is the front cover of the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps ...
Thomas Herbert Alder, 80601 RAMC. P Company. Born 1888
Thomas Alder was born 16th September 1888 in Portsmouth , Hampshire. He returned to England from Canada in 1914, at the start of WWI, enlisting in the RAMC. He was posted to Blackpool, Lancashire on 13th ...
Trainees with biplane, RAF Hednesford
RAF Hednesford trained recruits in engine and airframe fitting. In addiction to RAF personnel, members of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and WAAF (Womens' Auxiliary Air Force) were trained. Biplanes were ...
Troops unloading at Beatty Hall,Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
U.S. Army Band Concert, Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Unit personnel, Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Unveiling of the R.A.F. Memorial Plaque, Hixon,
Unveiling of the plaque in the Memorial Hall on High Street. The hall was built in 1926 on High Street to commemorate the Hixon men killed in the First World War.
The plaque reads: 'R.A.F. Hixon, ...
US Army officers, Yarnfield
Colonel Rader, General Spaatz and General Doolittle pictured at Yarnfield.
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit ...