Post Office Training Centre, Yarnfield
This photograph of a member of staff and trainees in a class room at the Post Office Training Centre was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. If you recognise anyone in this view please contact ...
Post Office Training Centre, Yarnfield
This photograph of a member of staff along with students receiving practical training in a class room at the Post Office Training Centre was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. If you recognise ...
Post Office Training Centre, Yarnfield
This photograph of the New Training Building which opened early 1969 at the Post Office Training Centre was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon.
The General Post Office Engineering Department, ...
Postcard message, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A photograph of the reverse of a postcard dated 20 September 2017. The address is 493 HS Coy, 'N' Lines, 13 Hut, Brocton. It is addressed to Mrs J. Watson, James Street, Blaby, Leicester.
Private John 'Jack' Joyce, 212681 Royal Army Service Corps. Born 1909
John was born 6th October 1909 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Elleanor Annie Thorley, pictured with two of their sons, on 26th September 1942. John and Elleanor had six children.
John ...
RAF Stafford Personnel on a Training Exercise
RAF personnel from Stafford are pictured preparing to tow their Land Rover out of the mud during a training exercise in Norfolk.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the ...
RAF Stafford Personnel on a Training Exercise
A member of the RAF Stafford team attending a training exercise in Norfolk is pictured checking over a Land Rover engine.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury ...
Railway to Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The "Tackeroo" railway was originally sent up Brindley Heath Road which was found to be too steep and therefore had to be diverted left up Brindley Valley which had less of a gradient. It entered what ...
Range Corner, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A later view of a postcard scene from Rugeley Camp, taken from Rifle Range corner looking up Penkridge Bank Road and the White House would have been in the far distance on the left. It was in the middle ...
Recreation of Field Firing Range on Cannock Chase
Based on photographs and site visits, this recreation shows one of several field firing ranges installed on Cannock Chase as part of the training camp complexes set up during World War I. These firing ...
Recreation of 'N' Lines at Brocton Camp, Cannock
Based on period photographs, maps and site visits, this reconstructed view of the World War I army training camp at Brocton on Cannock Chase shows the huts that made up an area known as 'N' lines. The ...
Recruits at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield
North Staffordshire Regiment new recruits pictured with officers at Whittington Barracks. Second from right, middle row, is Neville Welch.
Rifle range butts, Cannock Chase
This photograph taken in 1980 is of "D" Range, one of the eight full-bore rifle ranges that the troops used during the Great War whilst being trained to fire the Lee-Enfield .303 rifle. If the recruits ...
Rifle training
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located near to Anson's Bank, and Rugeley Camp which extended along Penkridge Bank. The two camps were separated ...
Rugeley and Rugeley Camp views
A colour-tinted view of five views of Rugeley and Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. Published by William Shaw of Burslem, postmarked 12 June 1919.
Rugeley Camp and Rugeley views
A postcard with two views of Rugeley Camp and three of Rugeley town. Published by T.H. Pemberton, Leigh Street, Burslem and postmarked Rugeley Camp, 11 November 1917.
Rugeley Camp verse
The verse on this card has tried to capture the essence of training at Rugeley Camp. It is written in the style of black humour typical of the First World War.
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A panoramic view of the sides Battalion Lines 17 to 19 with No.18's Regimental Institute being the large building centre right. An early conifer plantation on the right shows that there were trees on ...