Marquis of Anglesey
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey, was born in 1768 and died in 1854. The Paget family home was Beaudesert, which stood on the south-eastern edge of Cannock Chase.
He fought in Flanders, ...
Massed Bands at Devil's Bridge Camp
Frank Lewis sent this postcard to his mother at High Park Lodge, Patshull, near Pattingham.
Staffordshire Yeomanry had a longstanding association with Patshull under the auspices of Lord Dartmouth, and ...
Matthew Edward Joyce, Pioneer Corps. Born 1919
Matthew Joyce was born in December 1919 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Matthew survived combat in World War Two.
Matthew Edward Joyce, RE (T) 2157 Sapper, Royal Engineers 492054. Born 1885
Matthew was born in 1885 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Florence Alice Leadbetter in 1905. He enlisted into the Royal Engineers on 10th October 1914 and a year later was serving in ...
Members of the National Reserve Volunteers, Uttoxeter
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 ...
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 in uniform outside the Reform Tavern, Woodseaves
Men in military uniform, possibly a military band, standing outside the Reform Tavern in Woodseaves. The landlord at the time was Charles Husselbee.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves.
Men of 2nd South Staffords amongst members of 1st Airbourne Division at Buckingham Palace
Taken outside Buckingham Palace before entering the grand hall at the presentation of medals by King George VI to men of the Division, including Major Robert Cain VC and L/Sgt. Jack Baskeyfield VC (posthumous), ...
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 of the Chindits pictured beside a transport plane in Burma
The 1st Battalion, South Staffords were part of the famous Chindit Force that operated behind Japanese lines in the dense jungle in Burma during World War Two.
(Photograph courtesy of the Imperial ...
Men of the General Service Corps, Whittington Barracks
From July 1942 all recruits came into the General Service Corps for six weeks training at a Primary Training Centre (PTC). During the training they were given Personal Selection Tests to decide the Corps ...
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 ...
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 ...
Michael Sutty, Designer and Sculptor of Porcelain, Stoke on Trent
Pictured is a Royal Scots Greys Bandmaster, c. 1914, from a series of British Military Musicians created by Michael Sutty, who specialised in fine bone china sculptures of military and naval figures, ...
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.