Roman Catholic Church at RAF Stafford
The interior of the Roman Catholic Church built by Prisoners of War at RAF Stafford. By the autumn of 1944 the Allies were on track for victory and peaceful preparations began with the inauguration of ...
Roy Rawl and Terry at Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Pictured left to right are Roy Rawl and Terry (unknown) at Shooting Butts Camp School, near Rugeley.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in 1940 for evacuee boys from ...
Royal Artillery, Aberystwyth
16 Battery, 6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery taken outside the Drill Hall, Glyndwr Road, Aberystwyth. On the front row, 6th from the left, is Donald Sutton of Cheddleton, highlighted with an ...
Royal Pioneer Corps
In front row, second from left is Harry Evans of Stone (b.1907). Before he was called up to the North Staffordshire Regiment in World War Two, he was in the Territorials. He is pictured here wearing ...
Royal Pioneer Corps
In front row, fourth from left is Harry Evans of Stone (b.1907). Before he was called up to the North Staffordshire Regiment in World War Two, he was in the Territorials. He is pictured here wearing ...
Rugeley Civil Defence Rescue team
Members of Rugeley Civil Defence Rescue team pictured in the yard of 16 Albion Street.
Salute the Soldier Parade, Uttoxeter
British and U.S. Army personnel standing at ease in the Market Place, Uttoxeter. This parade was part of the Salute the Soldier week, which was to raise money for the war effort. In all around £336,979 ...
Sandon Road VE Day Party, Stafford
The adults in this photograph are (left to right): Phyllis Hardy, Mrs Smith, Mrs Lamb, Mrs Hewitt, Mrs Dutton, Mrs Beasley (seated holding a little girl), Eileen Yates and Mr Yates. The boys seated to ...
Sandon W.I. at Sandon Hall
During World War II Sandon Hall was used by the Red Cross as a convalescent home for wounded servicemen. Sandon Women's Institute helped by mending clothing and bedding, and by making bandages.
Standing ...
Scything nettles, Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge
Women's Land Army recruits scything nettles at Rodbaston Farm Institute. On the right is their instructor, Mr J.W. Rowland.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee ...
Sergeant-Major Bloor, Home Guard, Cheddleton
Sergeant-Major Percy Bloor in his Home Guard uniform, back garden of Bankside, Cronny Bank, Cheddleton.
Percy Bloor's time with the Home Guard, as told to his grandson Peter Bloor by Percy’s son Roger ...
Sharp Brothers and Knight War Memorial, Burton-upon-Trent
Memorial to the workers from Sharp Brothers and Knight joinery manufacturers killed in the two world wars. Originally displayed on the factory building, the two memorial plaques were later remounted on ...
Shaw Place, VE Day. Leek
Residents of Shaw Place, a cul-de-sac off Buxton Road, pictured celebrating Victory in Europe Day in 1945. The houses were built in the 1920s.
In the left hand group, standing, are Joyce Harding (2nd ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Evacuee boys feeding chickens at Shooting Butts School.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Evacuee boys setting off for a gardening class at Shooting Butts School.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Interior of a dormitory at Shooting Butts.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp School for ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Evacuee boys looking after pigs at Shooting Butts School. Wearing shorts and overseeing the boys is George Lygo.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Boys exercising at Shooting Butts.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp School for girls at ...