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.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime ...
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 ...
Women's Land Army girl with heifer, Adbaston
Women's Land Army girl, Miss Beryl Collins, standing next to a hand reared British Friesian heifer at Mr Mr T. Rowland Ball's farm at The Wood, Adbaston.
The WLA began during the First World War to ...
Women's Land Army Girl, Eccleshall,
The WLA began during the First World War to help combat food shortages and fill the vacancies left by the men who had entered military service. The women who enrolled had the option of working in agriculture, ...
Women's Land Army girl, Uttoxeter
A studio portrait of a Women's Land Army girl. Please contact us if you can identify her.
Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, Uttoxeter.
Women's Land Army girl, Wynterdyne, Tamworth
Miss Joan Jeffrey of the Women's Land Army, a Liberty's model before the war, holding Dairy Shorthorn bull 'Serander' at Winterdyne Farm, Tamworth, Staffordshire. The farm was owned by Mr A.W. Macnamara.
Photographer: ...
Women's Land Army Girls, Manure Spreading, Gnosall
Six Women's Land Army girls spreading manure in field. Photographed for Women's Land Army Recruiting Services, at Mr Brown's farm, Brough Hall, Gnosall.
The WLA began during the First World War to ...
Women's Land Army Girls, Manure Spreading, Gnosall, (1)
The WLA began during the First World War to help combat food shortages and fill the vacancies left by the men who had entered military service. The women who enrolled had the option of working in agriculture, ...