Home Guard, "C" Company, The Meir, 3rd Staffordshire Battalion
Front row: 2nd from right is Dennis Ridge, 3rd from right is Frank Frost. At this time Frank lived in Eversley Road, Normacot and was about 17 years old.
Edward O'keeffe is 7th on the right 4th row ...
Home Guard, Brewood
Brewood Home Guard pictured near Vicarage Road, in a field now occupied by Westhall Close and Hall Farm Road. In the background is Brewood Vicarage.
Front row: 4th from right is Gerald Holt, born ...
Home Guard, Burton upon Trent
Members of the 8th Staffordshire (Burton) Batalion of the Home Guard on washing up duties pictured in Burton upon Trent during World War II. This photograph belonged to Eric Donald Torr (1923-1994) who ...
Home Guard, Burton upon Trent
Members of the 8th Staffordshire (Burton) Batalion of the Home Guard pictured in Burton upon Trent during World War II. This photograph belonged to Eric Donald Torr (1923-1994) who was a member of Burton ...
Home Guard, Cheddleton
Cheddleton Home Guard, E Company, 5th Battalion holding mugs standing by a table with bottles of beer with an Army tent in background at Consall Camp.
The tall man at the front of the queue is Sergeant ...
Home Guard, Cheddleton
A group photograph of Cheddleton Home Guard with R.A.F. and Air Raid Precautions personnel. Sgt. Percy Bloor is 5th from left of the front (seated) row, next to Jack Hedley. Sgt. Bloor enlisted in the ...
Home Guard, Cheddleton
Cheddleton Home Guard, E Company, 5th Battalion.
Front row (from left to right): 3rd from left Johnny Jackson; 5th from left Bill Arbuthnot; 9th from left Horace Grindrod; 13th from left Ernest Stone; ...
Home Guard, Cheddleton
Cheddleton Home Guard, E Company, 5th Battalion holding mugs standing by a table with bottles of beer with an Army tent in background at Consall Camp.
The tall man at the front of the queue is Sergeant ...
Home Guard, Cheddleton
A Home Guard troop marching up Hollow Lane, Cheddleton, opposite St. Edward’s Church.
Sgt. Percy Bloor is in the left-hand column, 2nd from the front, behind Jack Hedley. Sgt. Bloor enlisted in the ...
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, 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 ...
Infantry Clerks Training Course, Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield
A group of soldiers, including some from the North Staffordshire Regiment, at the Infantry Clerks Training Centre at Whittington Barracks.
In the first row from the back are to back row are: Pte Landon ...
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 by the Queen of members of the Staffordshire Regiment
Presentation of the new colours at the Molyneux Ground in Wolverhampton by the Queen. Watchman 2 (the mascot) is pictured here with the Queen.
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 ...
Joe Caddick, Pattingham
Joe was a cook for Officers throughout the Second World War.
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.
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 ...