Hall of Honour, Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
The Hall of Honour with a recumbent bronze sculpture on a plinth which represents “The Fallen Warrior” by German sculptor, Professor Hans Wimmer (1907-1992). On the far wall is a plaque to commemorate ...
Harry and Hilda Pegg, Cheddleton
A studio portrait of Harry Pegg of Hale House Farm, Ostlers Lane in army uniform with his mother Hilda Pegg (later Bagshaw). Harry Pegg served in the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales' Own) ...
Harry Horton on leave, Stone
Harry Horton of Stone on leave during the Great War, with his younger sister Mabel Horton.
Harry Penton and his dog, Cannock
Harry Penton walking with his dog 'Peg' in Cannock town centre in the mid 1950s. Harry would have been around 60 at this time, still working as a coal miner. He retired aged 65 in about 1961. He died ...
Hednesford War Memorial
A postcard view of Hednesford's War Memorial. Note the two shells positioned at the front corners. It looks different without today's screen of birch trees behind.
It was built on land at the edge ...
Hednesford War Memorial
Pictured are the Main Gates on the Rugeley Road which lead to a path to the Hednesford War Memorial. It was opened in 1922.
Henry Courtney Brocklehurst of Swythamley Park
Captain (later Lt. Col.) Henry Courtney Brocklehurst (1888-1942) of Swythamley Park pictured in France with the 10th Hussars in about 1916. While serving with the Hussars, Courtney was invited to join ...
Hollywood Slade, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This is Hollywood Slade coming down from the top of the Camp near Brocton Coppice. On the right hand side are "F" and "G" Lines. Two flag poles can be seen, one of which was by the Regimental Institute ...
Hot Lane, Burslem
5 Hot Lane, Burslem. Originally this two storey building was built as a public house called The Dog and Partridge. Today its function is that of a scout hut. The ground floor has two large beaded windows ...
Inspecting Bass & Co. horses, Burton upon Trent
Lantern slide view of war officials inspecting Bass & Co.'s horses for war transport work. The horses are being inspected in Guild Street. The law courts can be clearly seen in the background and what ...
Inspection of Bass horses on Mobilization Day, Burton-on-Trent
A crowd watches as a Bass horse is led from the stables in Guild Street, to be sent to war in 1914.
James Jones, Chesterton
James Jones lived in Roggin Row, off Audley Road in Chesterton. Born in 1876, James enlisted for the North Staffordshire Regiment during World War I when aged 42. He fought in Gallipoli before joining ...
Jim and Amy Craig, Derrington
Amy Craig was aged 33 at the time this photograph was taken and was pregnant with Muriel Amy, one of her four daughters. Jim was on Embarkation Leave following his call up to serve in the Northamptonshire ...
Jim Sutton, Cheddleton
A studio portrait of Jim Sutton of Cheddleton in the uniform of the Royal Artillery. He was born in Cheddleton on 2 April 1882 and lived at Babylon Row at the time. He married Louisa Sutton in 1939 ...
John Joyce, born 1880
John Joyce was born in 1880 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He joined the army in 1914. After WWI he moved to Ireland, where he stayed until his death in the early 1960s.
Joseph Charles Farmer, Royal Artillery
A portrait of Joseph Charles Farmer in his Royal Artillery uniform in 1917. During peacetime his profession was head gardener. He married Gertrude Beatrice Johnson of Tean at Cheadle in 1913. In 1914 ...
Joseph Guest's Bugle. Newcastle-under-Lyme
This bugle belonged to Joseph Guest. Before the war, Joseph worked at Brymbo Colliery (later known as Holditch Colliery) as an office boy. In late 1914, he joined the North Staffordshire Regiment after ...
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 ...