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Carl Burton, Falklands Hero, Rugeley

Carl Burton served in the Navy on H.M.S. Invincible during the Falklands War. He is pictured here on his return to Rugeley after the conflict. The Falklands War took place between 2 April and 14 June ...

Carpenters and Sherwood Foresters at Brocton Military Camp

The soldiers being trained at the two military camps on Cannock Chase lived in prefabricated huts. These huts were under construction from late 1914 and were largely built by civilian workmen who were ...

Carpenters at Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

Soldiers and no doubt the foreman of the carpenters pose for a photograph with their tools and pet dog. Workmen came from far and wide once the contracts to build the Camps were awarded. Little did some ...

Catering Department, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall

Page 7 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. The top photograph shows ...

Celebration meal, Rugeley

Celebration meal for soldiers returning after the First World War, held in the Market Hall. It is likely that this is the event held on 29th November 1919 when some of the returning men were presented ...

Celebrations at the end of World War Two, The Riddings, Amington, Tamworth

Residents and their families taking part in celebrations at the end of World War Two in the summer of 1945.

Cellarhead & Consall British Legion programme

The front, back and inside of the programme for the Wetley Rocks, Cellarhead and Consall Branch of the British Legion's Annual Reunion and Welcome Home Dinner and Dance held at Southlowe Hall, Werrington ...

Chadsmoor A.R.P.

A group photograph of Chadsmoor A.R.P. (Air Raid Patrol) at Princess Street, Chadsmoor, Cannock. Included in this groupm are Norman Thomas Brookes (wearing glasses, back row, first on left) and his ...

Charlie and Jimmy Jones, Chesterton

Charlie and Jimmy Jones were brothers, both born at Gibson's Row in Chesterton. They both served in the Army during the Second World War and returned home safely.. They were uncles of John Baddeley, ...

Charnes Old Hall, Wetwood

Wheat ricks built by Tom Oldbury at Charnes Old Hall Farm. In the absence of barns, the ricks were well thatched to keep the grain dry. From left to right: Tom Oldbury, Joyce Smith (Women's Land Army ...

Charnes Old Hall, Wetwood

Photograph taken during the Second World War at Charnes Old Hall Farm, near Wetwood. From left to right, Mr Edward Barlow Timmis (farmer, known as Ned), Joyce Smith (a Women's Land Army girl from Eccleshall), ...

Chase Road Corner, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

This is one of the few concrete structures that was not removed from Brocton Camp when Lord Lichfield had the area restored to a Grouse Moor. The main structure was the weighbridge for the coal that was ...

Chase Road Corner, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

This photograph was taken in 1979 by Jake Whitehouse and shows reproduces a scene of a Great War postcard where a horse and cart had come around the bend of the road toward Brocton. On the bend today ...

Chase Road, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

As Chase Road climbs out of Brocton and levels out, it passes the former Battalion Lines "H" and "I" where there are remains of the area in which the New Zealand Rifle Brigade were stationed. You would ...

Chase Road, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

Whilst Jake Whitehouse was preparing his book 'A Town for Four Winters', he toured the Chase and took photographs of where certain parts of the Camp were originally located. This was a very interesting ...

Chase Road, Brocton Camp, Cannock chase

This photograph, taken in 1982, shows Chase Road just before it descends into Brocton. On the left would have been Battalion Line "J" of the Camp with the Guard House and Commanding Officers Office in ...

Chase View

During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located near to Anson's Bank, and Rugeley Camp which extended along Penkridge Bank. The two camps were separated ...

Chasetown Committee for World War I widows and families, Cannock Chase Cricket Club