Eric Jones with RAF service personnel in Italy
Eric Jones is pictured on the left of the front row along with RAF service personnel when they were in Italy. If you recognise anyone else in this view please contact us.
Norman Eric Jones was known ...
Ernie Hazlehurst in North Africa
Ernie Hazlehurst of Stone is pictured on the right in North Africa. Ernie was a builder by trade but also played football on several occasions in 1923 for Port Vale Football Club and later for Stone ...
Evacuee at Onecote
Evacuee Peter Allen with his host Mrs Smith at Fields Farm, Onecote. Peter was originally from Forest Gate in London and was initially evacuated to Sea Palling in Norfolk. After a few months he was evacuated ...
Evacuees arriving at Caverswall School
A group of evacuees from Longsight, Manchester arriving at Caverswall School at the start of the Second World War. In the foreground are Alan and Nora Garside. Alan, then aged 7, was billeted with the ...
Evacuees at Church Cottage, Seighford
Sisters Joan and Pat (last name unknown) were evacuees from Ramsgate, Kent. They stayed with the Breeze family at Church Cottage in Seighford for two or three years during the Second World War.
Left ...
Evacuees at Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 47 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
An article on evacuees ...
Ever Memorable Battle Off Cape Trafalgar : 21 October 1805 - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Celebrating Victory
Illustration and article celebrating British victory over Spain and France at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle on December 12th 1805, the ...
Factory workers, Rugeley
This photograph shows a workforce of an unidentified Rugeley factory during World War I.
Postcard photographed by Bates, South Staffordshire Water works, Moors Gorse, Rugeley. Alfred Bates was a well ...
Fatal Wartime Creswell Plane Crash ( External web site link )
In the English summer of 1944, an American aircraft crashed at Creswell, Stafford, killing the pilot. The plane was piloted by 25-year old USAAF Captain John Pershing Perrin, DFC, who lost his life in ...
Fauld explosion crater
An aerial view of the crater at Fauld, near Hanbury.
On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in ...
Fauld explosion, The Cock Inn, Hanbury
On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in a disused gypsum mine.
Upper Castle Hayes Farm was completely ...
Female Munition Workers from Siemens Factory, Stafford,
A studio portrait of eight female munition workers, wearing overalls and caps, from Siemen's Engineering Works.
Siemens relocated to Stafford from Woolwich in 1903 and manufactured generators, electric ...
Female Munition Workers outside Siemens Factory, Stafford,
Large group of female munition workers outside Siemens factory on Lichfield Road. The banner reads 'Siemens Munition Works - What the girls are doing for the men at the Front'. The photograph was taken ...
Female Railway Workers, Stafford
During the First World War women filled the vacancies left by the men who had entered military service. These women were employed in the heavy and dirty work of cleaning engines.
They are pictured ...
Female Railway Workers, Stafford,
During the First World War women filled the vacancies left by the men who had entered military service. These women were employed in the heavy and dirty work of cleaning engines.
They are pictured ...
Field bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Men of the Army Service Corps pictured at the Field Bakery at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase,
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located ...
Field bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This colourised image shows Men of the Army Service Corps at the Field Bakery at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase,
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, ...
Fighter Plane, Hixon Airfield
Curtis Tomahawk 1686 Bomber training Flight, whose job was to simulate enemy fighters to train bomber crews to defend their aircraft. The flight was formed in July 1943 and disbanded in August 1944.
The ...