US Army troops at Yarnfield, near Stone
Mail call for US Army troops based around Stone. This photograph was taken at one of the camps built in and around Yarnfield to house munitions workers from Woolwich Arsenal who were to be working at ...
US Army troops, Cold Meece
US Army personnel boarding buses having disembarked from trains at Cold Meece. Cold Meece railway station was built in by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to serve ROF Swynnerton, a Royal Ordnance ...
USAAF aircrew, Yarnfield
USAAF aircrew with Mr Cyril Harrison, Barclays Bank manager at Stone, who died in 1945, not long after this photograph was taken. United States Army Air Force personnel were based at transit camps in ...
Uttoxeter ACF
Three of the Army Cadet Force leaders are named in the photograph. Seated on chairs on the front row are Edward Wilson, Chemistry master at Thomas Alleynes High School and member of the town's Home Guard ...
Uttoxeter ACF march-past, Market Place, Uttoxeter
At the head of the procession is Sam Elkes, proprietor of Elkes' Biscuits, Edward Wilson, Chemistry master at Thomas Alleynes High School and member of the Uttoxeter Home Guard, and to his right, Paddy ...
Uttoxeter ACF Parade through town
Uttoxeter Civil Defence Fire Wardens
Uttoxeter Urban District Civil Defence Fire Wardens pictured with a District Council lorry and their equipment. In the centre foreground is a portable carbide lamp. The 'R' on helmet is for 'Rescue team' ...
Uttoxeter Home Guard
The only member of the Home Guard to be named in this picture is Edward Wilson, who is sat on the right-hand table smoking a pipe.
The location is given as a bridge on the "Derby By-Pass" (the A50).
Uttoxeter Volunteers on Salisbury Plain
Back row (left to right): unknown, unknown, Tom Hollins, George Stubbs, Jos Blore (a baker and confectioner), Tom Lunn, Jack Prince (a chimney sweep).
Front row: Dido Prince, unknown, Jim Mottram.
Uttoxeter War Memorial, Uttoxeter
The war memorial was unveiled on 11th November 1928. The shops of H.Wooley and Pratts are visible on right.
V J Day rejoicing, Yarnfield
US Army personnel based at Yardfield celebrating Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) on 15 August 1945
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US ...
V.E. Day Party, Westlands Road, Uttoxeter
Residents of Westlands Road, Hockley Road and Stafford Road pictured at a V.E. Day party on Westlands Road. Victory in Europe Day, on 8 May 1945, marked the end of World War II in Europe.
V.E. Day, English Electric Co., Stafford
The Meter Shop, decorated for V.E. Day at the end of World War II. Women employees involved in the production of vitally important precision instruments to assist with the war effort.
The English ...
V.E. Day, Middleport, Burslem
A cobbled backstreet in Middleport, near Burslem in seen here with flags and bunting in celebration of Victory in Europe day.
Residents from the street would work together to bake cakes and make sandwiches ...
V.J. Day Celebrations, Stone
Residents of the Field Terrace, Albert Street, Victor Street and Edward Street in the Stonefield area of Stone enjoying their street party, celebrating the end of the Second World War on Victory in Japan ...
V.J. Day Street Party, Great Haywood,
Parents and children at a Victory in Japan Day street party at The Ring. The photograph was taken outside no.8, the home of George and Diana Shaw (the piano on the left belonged to them).
On the back ...
VE Day Celebrations at RAF Stafford
Pictured are service personnel celebrating VE Day with a ‘knees up’ in the Accounts Department at RAF Stafford. Following the Prime Minister's Victory broadcast all ranks ceased work and joined in the ...