Wedding couple, Uttoxeter
An unknown couple pictured on their wedding day. The groom is wearing a uniform of a Sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Photographer: Gerald McCann (1897-1970) of Uttoxeter....
Wedding of NZRB soldier and Staffordshire girl
When the New Zealand Rifle Brigade came to Brocton Camp in 1917 they had quite an impact on the local area and were well liked. Some, like this soldier, married local girls. The card was sent from Sam ...
Wedding of Percy Benwell
Wedding of Percy William Benwell (1893-1916). William died of his wounds during World War I on July 11th 1916. Photograph taken in south Staffordshire, bit the exact location unknown.
Wedding of Walter Robinson and Evelyn Handforth
Wedding of Walter Robinson Handforth (1889-1956) and Evelyn Lumsdale (1890-1963) outside Murray House, Broom Street, Hanley. The wedding took place at the Tabernacle Church in Hanley. Walter Robinson ...
Wedding photo of Reginald Tivey and Katie Birks, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the wedding group photograph of Reginald Tivey and Katie Birks (centre). Reginald Tivey had worked as an elephant hunter in Africa before joining the 9th North Staffordshire Regiment in 1914. ...
Weeping Window Sculpture, Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
This picture shows the iconic Weeping Window Sculpture, with its handmade ceramic poppy cascade after being recreated on the side of a bottle kiln at Middleport Pottery.
It was part of the Blood ...
Weeping Window Sculpture, Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Visitors are pictured looking and photographing the Weeping Window Sculpture with its handmade ceramic poppy cascade after being recreated on the side of a bottle kiln at Middleport Pottery.
It was ...
West Yorkshire Regiment souvenir card, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A novelty postcard from the West Yorkshire Regiment and the sender is wishing the recipient a Happy Easter. The regimental service records show a number of Battalions going to Rugeley Camp over the War ...
West Yorkshire Regiment, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This group photograph is of Officers from the West Yorkshire Regiment and they look like they are positioned outside one of the Officer's Huts. Looking at the record of the various Battalions raised by ...
Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield
A postcard view of the Clock Tower (on the left) and Officers' Mess building at Whittington Barracks, home of the Staffordshire Regiment. The building housed a joint Officers' Mess for the North and South ...
Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield
Soldiers, family and guests at a Passing Out Parade at Whittington Barracks.
William Gains, Uttoxeter
William Gains in his Army uniform. The photograph was possibly taken while William was on leave.
William Gains (1887-1982) was born in Ripon, North Riding of Yorkshire, and married Jessie Bond in Uttoxeter ...
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps at Rugeley Camp,
Four members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC).
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. During the First World War two military camps were built on the ...
World War 1 'Vases'
These brass vases are in fact made of used shell cases.
Spent shell cases were often bought back as souvenirs by soldiers and made into useful items such as vases or ashtrays.
Wounded soldier, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Thomas Gray(ling?), 11th Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment). He is wearing 'Hospital blues' and appears to have an arm injury. The 11th (Reserve) Battalion Green Howards ...
Wounded soldiers from WW1 with a Red Cross Nurse, College Lane School, Tamworth
During the 1914-1918 War, wounded soldiers were billeted at College Lane School and the resident caretaker Mrs Ada Hillman (pictured here) was the Red Cross Nurse in charge. This photograph was taken ...
Wounded soldiers, South Africa
Wounded soldiers from the 1st South Staffords, seen here in a church in Mafaling Basutoland, before beds were got from them, after the relief of Wakkerstroom.
WRACs at Stafford Station
Members of "B " Company W.R.A.C., Stafford, with their officer, Lieutenant D. Prior (centre, back row) waiting for their train at Stafford station for their annual fortnight's Summer camp at Burscough, ...