South Staffordshire Home Guard on Cannock Chase
The 29th Battalion of the South Staffordshire Home Guard at practice at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. Bomb throwing practice, captioned "we threw bombs too".
The 29th Battalion were based at West ...
Souvenir postcard, Cannock
A topical postcard from the First World War of a young Lance-Corporal on Army leave with his sweetheart.
Postcard photographed and published by J.A. Snape, 33 Broad Street, Bridgtown, Cannock.
Special Orders Team, 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 ...
Special Service Building, 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 ...
Sports at Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 14 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordinance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. Outdoor sports at Drake ...
St. Bartholomew's Church, Butterton
Interior view of Butterton church, decorated to commemorate the centenary of the 1918 Armistice and to give thanks for Butterton's status as a 'Doubly Thankful' village (the only one in Staffordshire), ...
St. Michael’s War Memorial, Stone
St. Michael’s war memorial stands in the churchyard of St. Michael and St. Wulfad’s Church. The granite cross was sculpted by Messrs G. Maile and Son Ltd and was unveiled by General Sir Hill Child, Bart., ...
Staff outing from Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Staff from Frobisher Hall, on the way to a party or an outing. Nellie Kizis is on the bus looking out the window.
Nellie Kizis was born in 1921 near Edinburgh. She worked at the canteen at the Royal ...
Staffordshire County War Memorial, Victoria Park, Stafford
The County War Memorial was unveiled in 1923. This memorial is situated on Victoria Road by the entrance to Victoria Park. It shows a figure standing by a winged horse on top of a pedestal containing ...
Staffordshire Home Guard March
This postcard view shows the “Intro” to the Staffordshire Home Guard March, with words and music by George Hart.
“We are the Twen-ty Sec-ond Staf-ford-shire Home Guard Stead-y and Strong as we march ...
Stan Holt
Stan joined the R.A.F Volunteer Reserve in July 1939 shortly before the outbreak of WW2. He had grown up in Stafford, part of a large family with 4 brothers and three sisters, attending St Leonard's Avenue ...
Standon and Cotes Heath Home Guard, Standon
Standon and Cotes Heath Home Guard pictured in 1942.
Back row (from left to right): unknown, Vin Holme, George Turner, Albert Thorndyke, George Foxley(?), Roland Turnock.
2nd row from back: Hence ...
Stationary Volunteer Band, R.A.F. Hednesford
Th Stationary Volunteer Band consisted of both Royal Air Force and Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm personnel. The Bandmaster, Flight Sergeant Broadgate (wearing gloves), is next to the central drum in the front ...
Stoke City v. Manchester City, Victoria Ground
Manchester City goalkeeper, Frank Swift, shaking hands with Stoke City captain Neil Franklin in front of a packed Victoria Ground crowd.
Frank Swift played 19 times for England. After retirement he ...
Stoke-on-Trent Fire Brigade
Four fire fighters and tender pictured at Longton Fire Station which stood near the junction of Commerce Street and Uttoxeter Road. Note the headlamp dimmers used during blackout in World War II. Jack ...
Stoke-on-Trent War Revision Map, 1940
After the evacuation of Dunkirk during World War II the threat of invasion by opposing forces became real.
The military needed maps to help them plan in case of invasion but when they looked at the maps ...
Stooking corn at Strongford Farm, near Tittensor
Pictured are (left to right) Denis Roberts, Graham Monroe, Ivy Bryan (nee Leycett, Land Army girl) and Tony Austin. Denis's father was the Farm Manager at Strongford Farm and the group are pictured in ...
Stooking Oats, Uttoxeter schoolboys Farm Camp, Lower Cowley Farm, Gnosall
Another job found for the schoolboys was stooking oats. Mr Wilson their leader wrote, "The stooking of oats was not quite such a rush job (as potato picking), but there was a blazing sun at the time, ...