Hall of Honour, Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
The Hall of Honour with a recumbent bronze sculpture on a plinth which represents “The Fallen Warrior” by German sculptor, Professor Hans Wimmer (1907-1992). On the far wall is a plaque to commemorate ...
Hednesford War Memorial
Pictured are the Main Gates on the Rugeley Road which lead to a path to the Hednesford War Memorial. It was opened in 1922.
Hednesford War Memorial
A postcard view of Hednesford's War Memorial. Note the two shells positioned at the front corners. It looks different without today's screen of birch trees behind.
It was built on land at the edge ...
Hednesford War Memorial
A postcard view taken soon after the unveiling of the Memorial on the 9th November 1922. People can be seen visiting the memorial which is located on Rugeley Road and was constructed on land donated ...
Hednesford War Memorial unveiling ceremony
H.R.H. Princess Alice, Duchess of Athlone performed the unveiling of Hednesford's War memorial on 9th November, 1922. The memorial iis located on the edge of Hednesford Common on land donated by the Marquis ...
Heywood Memorial, Denstone
This sandstone memorial was set up in memory of Sir Thomas Percival Heywood and his wife by his friends and Denstone villagers in 1900. Sir Thomas was the son of a Manchester banker and lived at Doveleys, ...
High Street and War Memorial, Biddulph
View of the start of the High Street, looking south from Albert Square. No.2 High Street, on the right of the picture was built in the early 1860s in response to the need to accommodate the growing workforce ...
Home Guard map of Stone rural district
Local Defence Volunteer Force (later renamed the Home Guard) map of the area north east of Stone used during exercises during World War II. The different coloured areas show areas of responsibility for ...
Hot Lane, Burslem
5 Hot Lane, Burslem. Originally this two storey building was built as a public house called The Dog and Partridge. Today its function is that of a scout hut. The ground floor has two large beaded windows ...
International Year of Peace memorial, Cannock Chase
Watercolour painting of 'International Year of Peace' memorial on Cannock Chase, erected in 1986. A| watercolour painted by S. Hancocks, dated December 1986.
John Russell Alder, Gunner 11052276 Royal Artillery. Born 1923
John was born on 27th September 1923 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 1941 all men between 20 and 23 years of age had to report to the Employment Exchange in Blackpool Lancashire to register for military ...
Joseph Guest's Bugle. Newcastle-under-Lyme
This bugle belonged to Joseph Guest. Before the war, Joseph worked at Brymbo Colliery (later known as Holditch Colliery) as an office boy. In late 1914, he joined the North Staffordshire Regiment after ...
Jubilee Stone, Rudyard
Erected in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the Jubilee Stone in Rudyard also serves as the village War Memorial. It commemorates The Boer War, World War One and World War Two, as well as ...
Jubilee Stone, Rudyard
A postcard view of the Jubilee Stone in Rudyard which was erected in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Quarried from a large split block of gritstone, the Jubilee Stone serves as the village ...
Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase
The Katyn Memorial was unveiled in 1979 and is sited close to Springslade Lodge, about half a mile from the German Cemetery and Commonwealth Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase.
In 1940 4,500 Polish ...
King George VI Coronation celebrations, Granville Square, Stone
Granville Square decorated for the Coronation celebrations. This view shows the Post Office and war memorial, with the Crown and Anchor public house to the left.
The thatched and timber framed building ...
King George VI Coronation celebrations, Stone
Granville Square decorated for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. This view shows the Post Office and the war memorial.
Leigh War Memorial
The war memorial was raised to commemorate those who fell in the First World War and stands in All Saints churchyard, Leigh.