Home Guard, Clifton Campville
Clifton Campville Home Guard pictured outside the Rectory.
Back row (left to right): C. Browne, A. Simpson, J. Salt, H. Briscoe, W. Quartermain, W. Orton, R. Orton, F. Thorpe, J. Coleman, A. Sidwells, ...
Home Guard, Forsbrook
E Company, Stone Battalion of the Home Guard marching through Forsbrook village after a dive bombing attack exercise, December 1st 1941.
Home Guard, Stone
Standing on the left, holding a rifle is Eustace Dunkley. Standing 9th from left is Stan Holland. 6th from the left on the back row is Raymond Gilbert, 7th from left on the back row is Raymond's father ...
Howard Hall Theatre, Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Howard Hall, Yarnfield
UAS Forces troops marching to Barracks at Howard Hall, Yarnfield.
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in ...
Humber House residents, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Each of the accommodation blocks at Frobisher Hall was named after a river, starting with Avon, and moving alphabetically through to Humber, Irwell, Jordan and Kennet.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for ...
Jenkins Bros., China and Earthenware Merchants delivery lorry, Stone
A 2 ton Ford loaded for Preston fair in 1936. The lorry was purchased new from Lloyds of Stafford, and was used to carry material for 16 Munitions Unit and the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton around ...
Joe Caddick, Pattingham
Joe was a cook for Officers throughout the Second World War.
Joe Louis, Yarnfield
Joe Louis (1914-1981) was an American professional boxer who was world heavyweight champion between 1937 and 1949. He is reckoned to be one of the greatest boxers of all time. Louis enlisted as a private ...
John Davies medal presentation, Buckingham Palace
John (Jack) Davies of Colwich was a gunner on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) during World War II. He was awarded the D.S.M. in 1945 and was presented with it by King George VI at Buckingham ...
John Russell Alder, Gunner 11052276 Royal Artillery. Born 1923
John was born on 27th September 1923 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 1941 all men between 20 and 23 years of age had to report to the Employment Exchange in Blackpool Lancashire to register for military ...
Jubilee Stone, Rudyard
Erected in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the Jubilee Stone in Rudyard also serves as the village War Memorial. It commemorates The Boer War, World War One and World War Two, as well as ...
Jubilee Stone, Rudyard
A postcard view of the Jubilee Stone in Rudyard which was erected in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Quarried from a large split block of gritstone, the Jubilee Stone serves as the village ...
Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase
The Katyn Memorial was unveiled in 1979 and is sited close to Springslade Lodge, about half a mile from the German Cemetery and Commonwealth Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase.
In 1940 4,500 Polish ...
Ken and Geoff Platt, Uttoxeter Road, Longton
Ken and Geoff Platt who lived at 5 High St (later Uttoxeter Rd), Longton, pictured in front of a wartime Anderson Shelter in the back yard of 1,Uttoxeter Road. Behind the shelter is the huge bottle oven ...
Kizis sisters, Edinburgh
A photograph taken in 1939, showing the three eldest Kizis sisters (left to right: Margaret, Nellie and Mary). It was intended as a keepsake for Nellie Kizis to take with her to Frobisher Hall, Staffordshire ...
Knitted Mittens, WW2
These woollen mittens have been knitted out of khaki coloured wool and were hand knitted probably for a soldier during World War 2..
Land Army girl and Suffolk gelding, The Wood, Adbaston
Women's Land Army girl Miss Iris Penn holding Suffolk gelding 'Smiler' in harness. Photographed for Mr T. Rowland Ball, at The Wood, Adbaston.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographer of High Street, ...