Air-Vice Marshal Worthington visits RAF Hixon
Taking the salute during a parade at RAF Hixon is Air-Vice Marshall Worthington. During 1957 he became Director-General of Equipment at the Air Ministry.
RAF Hixon opened in 1942 as a base for Bomber ...
American and British Officers at Whittington Barracks
Between 1942 and 1945 Whittington Barracks were occupied by the 10th Replacement Depot of the US Army. Pictured here are (from the right) Major Brown (British), Major Humphries, Col. Kilian (U.S. Officer ...
ANZAC Soldiers at Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
ANZAC was the abbreviation for the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps and was formed early in the conflict of the Great War answering the British Empire's call to arms.
The Expeditionary Force originally ...
ANZAC Soldiers at Brocton Military Camp,
Group of ANZAC (New Zealand) soldiers in the snow at Brocton Camp.
The ANZACs were nicknamed 'The Dinks' on the camp as they were considered to be good, honest (dinkum) soldiers. Their mascot was ...
AOC Parade at RAF Stafford
Pictured is the AOC's (Air Officer Commanding) Parade at RAF Stafford in 1951. The building on the right was known as the old fire picquet hut. In the background are prefabricated huts, houses on the ...
Armistice Day 1918, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A German Prisoner of War is hoisting the Union Jack on the YMCA Hut ,which is probably one of the two along Penkridge Bank Road. A large number of the PoWs were sent out to do work in the area to undertake ...
Army chaplain, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Rev. John Reay, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He conducted ANZAC services at the Army Training Camps on Cannock Chase and was Vicar of Hednesford in 1919 having previously been Curate at St Barnabas ...
Army Officer and WAACs at Brocton Military Camp,
Army officer and four members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. The cat sitting on the lap of one of the WAACs could possibly be Snooks, the cookhouse cat, and the photograph has been signed by Gladys ...
Army Service Corps card, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A souvenir postcard specific to the Army Service Corps, published by J. Salmon Ltd.
The message on the reverse, from Leslie Walker to his parents in New Lenton, Nottingham, reads: "The train got back ...
Army Service Corps Field Bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The Army Service Corps were instrumental in keeping the Army supplied with all its needs during the War. Here troops are being trained to bake bread in the "field" either using the Stick Oven (the brick ...
Army Service Corps Field Bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The Sergeant looks rather strict as he supervises the Army Service Corps Field Bakery Ovens which are on the left of the photograph; the individual chimneys of the ovens are out of shot. All the bread ...
Army Service Corps menu card, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A farewell dinner menu card. The 240th Company of the Royal Army Service Corps was formed in February 1915. They served as 39 Reserve Park and remained at home (on Cannock Chase), although it had originally ...
Army Service Corps, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The cap badges seem to indicate that these troops beloned to the Army Service Corps which were based in the area of Rugeley Camp currently called the "Tackeroo" Camp site.
Back of the Golf House, Brocton, Cannock Chase
A couple are seen walking down the narrow track at the rear of the Cannock Chase Golf Course Clubhouse which is now a private home. The Golf Club moved to their present location at Brocton Hall in 1922. ...
Barrack's Yard, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Sir A.S. Haslam, Mayor and M.P., welcoming Newcastle Boer War veterans home.
Barracks, Barracks Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Italian styled Militia Barracks were built in 1855 from red brick. The Barracks were the headquarters of the 3rd King's Own Staffordshire Rifle Regiment, which assembled annually at Newcastle for ...
Bath hut remains, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Remains of shower trays from cubicles in a World War 1 bath hut at Rugeley Camp.
Bath hut remains, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The footings for a World War 1 bath hut at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase, near the White House. The young woman is pointing out the bases of shower trays.