memorial plaque, All Saints' Church, Dilhorne
Wall mounted commemorative plaque to Dilhorne parishioners who gave their lives in World War 1939-1945.
It also tells that the existing five church bells were rehung with an additional bell being funded ...
Memorial Recreation Ground, Cheadle
A postcard view of the entrance to the Memorial Recreation Ground on Tean Road, Cheadle. The gateposts have panels affixed bearing the names of local military personnel who had fallen in The Great War ...
Memorial to T.E. Hulme, St Luke's Churchyard, Endon
Memorial to locally-born poet Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883-1917) who was born at Gratton Hall Farm and was killed in action in Belgium in 1917. He is commemorated with this inscription on the Hulme family ...
Messines Story Map
This online resource expertly blends historic and modern mapping and photographs to tell and illustrate the story of the Battle of Messines (June 1917) and its link to Staffordshire in an engaging and ...
Nicholson Memorial, Leek
Sir Arthur Nicholson and his wife Lady Nicholson presented the memorial to the town in memory of their son Lieutenant Basil Lee Nicholson and all other local men who died fighting in the First World War. ...
Old Comrades Reunion, Uttoxeter
Large group of ex-servicemen or Old Comrades parading on the drive of a large house. Location unknown, but believed to be in Uttoxeter.
Photographer: Alfred or Gerald McCann, photographers of High ...
Olympic Torch Relay, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
Corporal Johnson Beharry VC (seen here wearing a white tracksuit) carried the Olympic Torch onto the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum on Armed Forces Day, Saturday 30 June 2012....
Peace Celebrations, Stone
Peace Day on Granville Square. The sign for the Crown and Anchor public house can be seen to the far right, close to Christ Church Sunday Schools banner.
Peace Day celebrated the end of the First ...
Peace celebrations, Wolverhampton
Peace celebrations in Wolverhampton. Contingents of local hospital nurses and Girl Guides standing at the salute as the Peace day procession reaches the Town Hall in North Street.
Photographer: Albert ...
Peter Coates and Mark Hughes at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
Stoke City Football Club Chairman, Peter Coates (on the left) and Manager, Mark Hughes are pictured laying wreaths in respect of ‘Football Remembers’ at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial ...
Peter Coates and Mark Hughes at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
Stoke City Football Club Chairman, Peter Coates (on the left) and Manager, Mark Hughes at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas. In the background is the Armed Forces Memorial where they have laid ...
Pilgrimage to Arnhem, Holland
The 2nd South Staffords were one of the airborne units who fought at the Battle of Arnhem in Holland in 1942. This was a disastrous action in which huge casualties were sustained and in which the Regiment ...
Poppy Cascade, St. Mary’s Church Stafford
During the centenary year of the end of the First World War, a poppy cascade was draped over the west front of St. Mary’s Church in Stafford. This cascade was created by six local schools to remember ...
Portable Bandstand, Unveiling of the War Memorial, Stone,
The Stone War Memorial on Granville Square was unveiled by Lord Dartmouth, Lord Lieutenant of the County. He is seated at the front of the portable bandstand with the Chairman of the War Memorial Committee, ...
Postcard of war memorial, Forsbrook
This war memorial, situated outside St. Peter's Church, lists over thirty men and women who gave their lives in the service of their country. The memorial was unvelied by Col. J. V. Campbell, VC, CMG, ...
Prince of Wales' visit to Burton upon Trent
HRH Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, pictured by the War Memorial in Burton upon Trent during his visit to the town in July 1929. He was visiting the town as part of its Jubilee celebrations. ...
Quarry workers, Rudyard
Quarry workers removing a large stone from Whorrocks Bank quarry in 1887. It was later used as the stone for Rudyard's war memorial, installed for Queen Voctoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. It commemorates ...
Radford Street from Granville Square, Stone,
The war memorial to the soldiers from Stone, Meaford and Darlaston who died in the First World War was unveiled by Lord Dartmouth, Lord Lieutenant of the County on 10 January 1921.
The statue was designed ...