Members of the National Reserve Volunteers, Uttoxeter
Men of 2nd South Staffords amongst members of 1st Airbourne Division at Buckingham Palace
Taken outside Buckingham Palace before entering the grand hall at the presentation of medals by King George VI to men of the Division, including Major Robert Cain VC and L/Sgt. Jack Baskeyfield VC (posthumous), ...
Men of the Chindits pictured beside a transport plane in Burma
The 1st Battalion, South Staffords were part of the famous Chindit Force that operated behind Japanese lines in the dense jungle in Burma during World War Two.
(Photograph courtesy of the Imperial ...
Men of the General Service Corps, Whittington Barracks
From July 1942 all recruits came into the General Service Corps for six weeks training at a Primary Training Centre (PTC). During the training they were given Personal Selection Tests to decide the Corps ...
Mr. E. A. Wilson, Uttoxeter Home Guard (1), Holly Road, Uttoxeter
Mr Wilson is seen carrying the Uttoxeter Home Guard's 'prized' Browning Automatic Rifle.
The Home Guard did not possess any weapons until 6 months after their formation. When they did receive rifles, ...
Mr. E. A. Wilson, Uttoxeter Home Guard (2), Holly Road, Uttoxeter
Mr Wilson is standing in his back garden wearing a tin helmet, service respirator and his Home Guard's uniform.
Naval rating in uniform, McCann studio, Uttoxeter
No.3 Wing Fleet Air Arm Voluntary Band, RAF Hednesford
North Staffordshire Regiment
The 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment pictured in 1939.
Notts & Derby Regiment soldier, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A bandsman of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment pictured outside a hut at Brocton Camp. This young man is proud to send home his portrait in full bandsman uniform and is informing his mother, ...
NZRB soldiers, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Three unidentified New Zealand Rifle Brigade soldiers pictured in a photograph taken at a local studio to be sent back home to loved ones. The local photographers must have had been kept very busy with ...
Officer Cadet Training Unit at Drayton Manor, Lichfield
'D' Company Cadet Battalion, seen here at Drayton Manor.
Officers group at Whittington Barracks, nr Lichfield
Physical jerks before breakfast, Uttoxeter ACF Camp
The young cadets had an inspection parade at 7.30am, before physical jerks (exercises), which Edward Wilson, one of the cadet leaders recalled, "soon dispelled any remains of sleepiness".
Portrait of B company 1st North Stafford Regiment, Whittington Barracks
Portrait of lady in the WRAF, McCann Studio, Hight Street, Uttoxeter
Presentation to Sergeant William Cooper, Market Place, Cheadle
This postcard scene shows a presentation being made to Sergeant William Cooper D.C.M. (Distinguished Conduct Medal), on Tuesday 9 May 1916, in the Market Place, Cheadle.
The following article on Sergeant ...
Private Herbert Lewis, 5041117 North Staffordshire Regiment. Born 1894
Herbert Lewis was born in 1894 in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He joined the army in 1916. He served in France, Gibraltar, Constantinople and India. He married on 16th February 1929. ...