George Henry Mayer, 13005688 The Pioneer Corps. Born 1901
George was born 15th March 1901 in Drayton Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. George originally enlisted at Burslem on the 8th February 1919 into the North Staffordshire Regiment. He left the ...
George Taylor, Foreman on the Military Railway, Cannock Chse
George Taylor was foreman of the gang who laid the military railway track from Hednesford to Rugeley Camp. He was apparently a tough character and was in charge of the Irish workers who had to complete ...
George VI Coronation Parade, Stone
The Chairman (Councillor T. Bagley), Vice Chairman (Councillor R. F. Goodill), and the Clerk (Mr C. H. Mathews) proceeding up St. Michael's Walk towards St. Michael's Church.
George V's Coronation Celebrations, Stafford
Photograph taken on Market Square.
On the right is the Shire Hall.
Gerald McCann, London Scottish Regiment
Gerald McCann (1897-1970) was the last of three generations of Uttoxeter photographers. During the Great war he was a consript in the London Scottish Regiment and served in Europe and the Middle East. ...
German Prisoner at Blackhills, Seisdon
L. to R: "Cookie" the Prisoner; Bill Streetley; Bob Walker.
German Prisoners of War Band, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The German PoWs were kept busy with work but were also allowed time for relaxation and entertainment. The PoW Camp personnel provided numerous trades such as dentistry, tailoring, watch making, shoemakers, ...
German Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
As the stalemate of the trench warfare on the Western Front was starting to be broken, more German Prisoners of War were being captured and they needed to be housed. Brocton was chosen for a number of ...
German propeller blade recovered in Hartlepool
This photograph shows the propeller blade from the German airship which was brought down in flames at West Hartlepool on a November night in 1916. The propeller blade was recovered from the sea by the ...
Gladys Harvey, W.A.A.C., Brocton Camp
Pictured in her Women's Auxiliary Army Corps uniform is Gladys Harvey of Rugeley. She was enrolled on 13th September 1917 and discharged on 19th October 1919. She worked as a waitress at Brocton Camp ...
Grange Farm, Hollies Lane, Pattingham
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Navy and Army Canteen Board Central Grocery Depot. The canteen grocery depot at Rugeley Camp, with civilian staff, many of whom were local people.
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Navy and Army Canteen Board Central Grocery Depot. The canteen grocery depot at Rugeley Camp, with civilian staff, many of whom were local people.
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
There were several buildings on the military training camps that were staffed by locals and this postcard view of civilian staff, one of which is probably in some form of a Cadet uniform, was taken near ...
Group of ladies and officers from the 4th Militia South Staffords, Whittington
Guard mounting, Battalion Headquarters, Hamm, Germany
2nd Battalion South Staffords were moved from Norway to Germany after the War was over, as part of the occupation force (British Army of the Rhine).
Guard of Honour at unveiling of the War Memorial, Lichfield Cathedral
Brigadier General V de Falbe, Lord Dartmouth (Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire), Major General Hoskins, L.C. Colonel F.C.T. Ewald, and Captain G.F. Hopkinson are included in this photograph.
Gunner Don Sutton, Cheddleton
A studio portrait of Donald David Sutton, Gunner 1502675, 16 Battery, 6th Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery. He was the son of William and Henry Mary Ellen Sutton and lived with his family at Fold ...