Dutch Football Team, Wrottesley Park
A football team of Dutch Servicemen. Crouching down behind the three seated men is H.S. Hommers.
During the Second World War troops from the Princess Wilhemina and Princess Irene Brigades were stationed ...
Empress Theatre, Penkridge Bank, Cannock Chase
The Empress Theatre and Cinema was sited on Penkridge Bank. It was built to cater for the soldiers stationed at Rugeley Camp and Brocton Camp. The manager was Mr. Cook.
Entrance Exams held at RAF Stafford
Service personnel are pictured observing the prospective candidates who wish to make a career with the RAF during completion of entrance exam papers.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following ...
Final Parade at RAF Stafford
A Hercules Transport aeroplane is pictured flying over RAF Stafford during the flag lowering ceremony at the final Parade for the Station which closed on 31 March 2006. The site was then occupied by ...
Firing practice, Great War Camps, Cannock Chase
Although this card is applicable to both Brocton and Rugeley Camps it includes rare images of recruits undertaking firing practice. It demonstrates the recruits in one of the firing positions that were ...
First baby to be born at Duncan Hall, Yarnfield
Christine Cooper (the image donor) a few months old, outside Duncan Hall being held by Ann Howard, one of the other, older children also resident at Duncan Hall. Christine had the honour of being the ...
Fleet Air Arm Voluntary Band, RAF Hednesford
Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm personnel were trained at RAF Hednesford. This photograph shows No. 3 Wing's Band with Bandmaster, Flight Sergeant Broadgate, RAF, in the front centre.
Former Battalion Headquarters, North Staffordshire Regiment, College Road, Hanley
This building was the Headquarters and Drill Hall of the Hanley Companies of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment between 1837 and 1897. The tablet over the main entrance has ...
G.P.O. Engineering Instructors, Duncan Hall, Yarnfield
A group of male instructors, including James Long. They may have been the first group of instructors ever to have taught at Duncan Hall.
Duncan Hall, Beatty Hall and Howard Hall (all named after Royal ...
General Post Office, Brocton Camp
One of the most frequented buildings in the Camp would have been the General Post Office. At Brocton Camp it was situated alongside the main Chase Road between 'I' and 'M' Battalion Lines. It is the building ...
German Prisoners of War Band, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The German PoWs were kept busy with work but were also allowed time for relaxation and entertainment. The PoW Camp personnel provided numerous trades such as dentistry, tailoring, watch making, shoemakers, ...
German Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
As the stalemate of the trench warfare on the Western Front was starting to be broken, more German Prisoners of War were being captured and they needed to be housed. Brocton was chosen for a number of ...
Gladys Harvey, W.A.A.C., Brocton Camp
Pictured in her Women's Auxiliary Army Corps uniform is Gladys Harvey of Rugeley. She was enrolled on 13th September 1917 and discharged on 19th October 1919. She worked as a waitress at Brocton Camp ...
Gloster Javelin, RAF Stafford
This Gloster Javelin FAW 8, pictured at RAF Stafford, had previously served with RAF No 41 Squadron, based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. A different Gloster Javelin was positioned at the camp main ...
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Navy and Army Canteen Board Central Grocery Depot. The canteen grocery depot at Rugeley Camp, with civilian staff, many of whom were local people.
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Navy and Army Canteen Board Central Grocery Depot. The canteen grocery depot at Rugeley Camp, with civilian staff, many of whom were local people.
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
There were several buildings on the military training camps that were staffed by locals and this postcard view of civilian staff, one of which is probably in some form of a Cadet uniform, was taken near ...
Group of ladies and officers from the 4th Militia South Staffords, Whittington