West Yorkshire Regiment, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This group photograph is of Officers from the West Yorkshire Regiment and they look like they are positioned outside one of the Officer's Huts. Looking at the record of the various Battalions raised by ...
Weston War Memorial
The plinth of the village war memorial at Weston, near Stafford, with the names of those who served during the First World war:
THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS PARISH SERVED DURING THE WAR:
W.C. Fradley ...
Wheatsheaf Inn, Lower Tean
A horse-drawn artillery piece on its way to the Western Front in France passing the Wheatsheaf Inn, on the Main Road Lower Tean. At the time, Samuel Thorley was landlord at the pub which sold Shelleys, ...
Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield
A postcard view of the Clock Tower (on the left) and Officers' Mess building at Whittington Barracks, home of the Staffordshire Regiment. The building housed a joint Officers' Mess for the North and South ...
Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield
Soldiers, family and guests at a Passing Out Parade at Whittington Barracks.
Why re-elect Mr. Bootle? An 1812 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In 1812, Newcastle-under-Lyme had an MP both for the borough and the county.
Mr. Bootle had served for 16 years, but now his position was under threat.
One of the hottest political issues at the ...
William Gains, Uttoxeter
William Gains in his Army uniform. The photograph was possibly taken while William was on leave.
William Gains (1887-1982) was born in Ripon, North Riding of Yorkshire, and married Jessie Bond in Uttoxeter ...
William Tagg Foundry, The Green, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken inside the William Tagg Foundry.
During the First World War the factory produced shells for the front.
The Foundry was listed in the 1904 and 1932 directories as being located ...
Wives Christmas Party, RAF Stafford
Pictured at the RAF Stafford Site (16 MU) during December 1971 are service personnel and wives wearing the latest fashions and hairstyles of the day at their ‘Wives Christmas Party’.
RAF Stafford was ...
Wives Sherry Party, RAF Stafford
Pictured at the RAF Stafford Site (16 MU) during December 1971 are ‘wives’ wearing the latest fashions and hairstyles of the day at their ‘Wives Sherry Party’.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 ...
Women from the Army Catering Corps, Brocton Military Camp,
A group of women from the Army Catering Corps, wearing overalls, standing in the doorway of an army hut at Brocton Camp. With them is a young boy.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ...
Women’s Land Army, Sugnall
This photograph was taken at Sugnall and shows Brenda Williams (on the left) who was in the Women’s Land Army from 1947 to 1949. In 1950 she married Robert Fulford and they lived in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire ...
Women’s Land Army, Sugnall
This photograph was taken at Sugnall and shows Brenda Williams (third from left) who was in the Women’s Land Army from 1947 to 1949. In 1950 she married Robert Fulford and they lived in Gainsborough, ...
Women’s Royal Naval Service training station, Mill Meece
Photograph showing the WRENS working on a Hawker Hurricane at HMS Fledgling.
HMS Fledgling.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime service, by training WRENS as aircraft ...
Women’s Royal Naval Service training station, Mill Meece
A group of WRENS at HMS Fledgling E-15, Mill Meece. Mrs Chrys Hill (nee Wood), is sitting in the front row third in from the right.
HMS Fledgling.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release ...
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps at Rugeley Camp,
Four members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC).
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. During the First World War two military camps were built on the ...
Womens Land Army at Dunston Hall Hostel
Womens Land Army girls playing table tennis in a recreation room at Dunston Hall Hostel
Women's Land Army Girl with Bull, Grindley
A Women's Land Army girl leading a British Friesian Bull at New Buildings Farm.
The WLA began during the First World War to help combat food shortages and fill the vacancies left by the men who had ...