Memorial Cross, Adbaston
This cross is situated in the churchyard of St. Michael and All Angels Church, Adbaston. The stepped base of the mediaeval preaching cross survives, the cross itself was added in the 1920s and is the ...
Memorial in Wolseley Gardens
The inscription reads: "This garden is lovingly dedicated to the memory of Captain Steven G. Wolseley R.A. 1918-1944 and to all whose sacrifices in both World Wars have enabled us to enjoy Peace Freedom ...
Memorial Institute, Gnosall
A postcard view of the Memorial Institute by the A518 Stafford to Newport Road in Gnosall.
The hall, which was sited on land donated by the Church, was to be a living memorial and tribute to those ...
Memorial plaque
Memorial plaques (also known as Death Plaques or the Widow's Penny) were given to the families of those who died during the First World War.
This Peace Medal is in memory of Pte. George Ball of Princess ...
Memorial Recreation Ground, Cheadle
A postcard view of the entrance to the Memorial Recreation Ground on Tean Road, Cheadle. The gateposts have panels affixed bearing the names of local military personnel who had fallen in The Great War ...
Memorial to T.E. Hulme, St Luke's Churchyard, Endon
Memorial to locally-born poet Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883-1917) who was born at Gratton Hall Farm and was killed in action in Belgium in 1917. He is commemorated with this inscription on the Hulme family ...
Men in fancy dress and motorcycle, Cannock
Postcard photograph from the First World War of two men in fancy dress with motorcycle and sidecar, registration number RE981, with caption: 'Old Bill captures Kaiser Bill'. Taken in the Cannock area....
Men of 'C' company in No 8 trench, Messines Hill 60, Flanders
This picture, and others like it, help to document life on the Western Front for the 1/6th South Staffords in the early days of the War. By the end of 1915, censorship had been introduced so that photographic ...
Men who joined H.M. Forces, Butterton, Manifold Valley
Pictured outside St. Bartholomew's Church porch are the men from Butterton who returned home after serving in the Armed during World War I. Butterton has the unusual status of being a Doubly Thankful ...
Men's trench boot, Lotus Ltd., Stafford
A Lotus men's waterproof boot designed for wear in the trenches during World War I. An illustration from a Lotus trade catalogue of 1916.
Bostock's was founded in the eighteenth century by Henry's ...
Mess Room, Brocton Military Camp, Cannock Chase
Although damaged and faint, this is a valuable image of the interior of a mess room hut at Brocton Military Camp during the First World War.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground ...
Messines Model, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A view of the scaled terrain model of a section of the Western Front at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase. Other similar models were used in Flanders to instruct troops in advance of an offensive, however ...
Messines Model, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Looking north across the scaled terrain model of the Battle of Messines at Brocton Camp. The New Zealand Rifle Brigade took part in the successful campaign to take the Messines Ridge, a stronghold on ...
Metal Disk Spurs, WW1
These spurs were used by Lt. Colonel Harry Johnson.
When the First World War broke out in he was selected to train the 2nd/5th Battalion at Butterton Hall. In 1917 he was sent to France but was captured ...
Military Band, Rugeley
A regimental band pictured at a concert in Rugeley during World War 1. The musicians were troops based at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase.
Military Band, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The military band of the 16th (Reserve) battalion of the Durham Light Infantry pictured outside a building at Rugeley camp. The 16th were based at Rugeley Camp from November 1915.
Military Cemetery, Broadhurst Green, Cannock Chase
Photograph possibly taken on the first ANZAC Day observance at the Military Cemetery at Broadhurst Green.
Written upon the crosses it states New Zealand Rifle Brigade and also New Zealand Expeditionary ...
Military Conscription Appeal, Tamworth
George Kemper, 21, and his brother Bert, 19, from Bonehill Road, Tamworth appealed against conscription in World War I because their father had been interned as an enemy alien. You can read George’s appeal ...