Fire Engine, Codsall
Codsall Auxillary Fire Service Tender and Crew at The Terrace, Oaken. The Auxiliary Fire Service was created in July 1938 to assist the Fire Brigade during wartime.
Fire helmet and breathing apparatus
This is a metal Auxillary Fire Service helmet. It is painted red with BRWP Crewe painted on the front. It has a chin strap and adjustable skull protection. Max diameter (rim): 305mm.
The breathing ...
Fire watching team, Bratt and Dyke Department Store, Hanley
The Fire Watch team at Bratt and Dyke's Hanley Department Store. It was their responsibility to provide early warnings and protect the building from incendiary bomb attack during the Second World War.
Draper ...
Fireman's lamp
This type of lamp was used by breathing apparatus wearers in the National Fire Service during the Second World War.
This 'CEAG' copper lamp has a cylindrical copper body with a brass bulb housing projecting ...
Firing practice, Great War Camps, Cannock Chase
Although this card is applicable to both Brocton and Rugeley Camps it includes rare images of recruits undertaking firing practice. It demonstrates the recruits in one of the firing positions that were ...
First World War ammunition, Burton upon Trent
Lantern slide view of ammunition ready for transport to thecontinent during the First World War, photographed at railway sidings in Burton upon Trent.
Copyright: Burton Library.
First World War Memorial, Newborough Church
This engraved brass plaque commemorates those men of the parish of Newborough who laid down their lives in the service of their country during the First World War. It can be found in All saints' Church, ...
First World War photographs by Frederick Everitt of Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Frederick Everitt lived at 'Sunnyside' on Northwood Lane, Clayton in the early part of the 20th century.
He was employed as a chauffeur and was an amateur photographer.
Whilst at home on leave he took ...
Fleet Air Arm Voluntary Band, RAF Hednesford
Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm personnel were trained at RAF Hednesford. This photograph shows No. 3 Wing's Band with Bandmaster, Flight Sergeant Broadgate, RAF, in the front centre.
Florence Thorneycroft OBE
Miss Florence Thorneycroft (died 1944) was a Staffordshire County Councillor from March 1919 to May 1936 and a County Alderman between May 1936 and February 1944. She lived at Tettenhall Towers, Wolverhampton ...
Francis 'Frank' Joyce, born 1913
Frank was born on 27th March 1913 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Doris Scott on 9th February 1940. Frank served in Dunkirk during WWII. He died in 1968.
Freda, Regimental Mascot of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Freda, the Harlequin Great Dane was loved by all who came into contact with her as she was very busy representing the New Zealand Rifle Brigade at numerous functions and fund raising events. She also ...
Freda's Grave, Cannock Chase
The grave marks the last resting place of Freda a Harlequin Great Dane dog who was the faithful mascot of the 5th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (NZRB). It stands close to the Coppice Hill car park ...
Frederick Arthur Dykes, 323166 Sapper Royal Engineers. Born 1894.
Frederick Dykes was born in 1894 in Staffordshire. At the outbreak of WWI he was a railway signalman, living in Talke, Staffordshire. He saw overseas service in France and was demobbed on 17th March 1919. ...
French embroidered souvenir postcard
Embroidered greetings card sent by Alf Elsmore from France to his sister, Mrs W. Adams of Little Haywood when serving in the Army during World War 1. It is dated 20 July 1917.
From the Staffordshire ...
French embroidered souvenir postcard
A souvenir postcard sent by May Blankley from France to her sister in Tutbury. May served in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps during World War I. This card was sent on 29 December 1918.
On back is ...
Frobisher Hall Canteen, Swynnerton
Kitchen staff at the Frobisher Hall Canteen, Swynnerton.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just after the 2nd World War. Workers at R.O.F. ...
Frobisher Hall grounds, Swynnerton
Mary Wayte is on the left. Together with her husband, Ernest, she managed the Frobisher Hall hostel during and just after the 2nd World War. She was the daughter of Henry Steele, a pottery artist at ...