Frobisher Hall Victory celebrations, Swynnerton
Cast and audience at a concert in the Social Centre at Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton. The occasion could be part of victory celebrations in 1945. Nellie Kizis is in the left foreground of the shot standing ...
Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
This group photograph could possible have been taken at a Victory party to celebrate the end of the 2nd World War, Nellie Kizis is 3rd from the left in the front row next to the stage.
Nellie Kizis ...
Gas Mask
This is a child's gas issued during WW2. They were made in bright colours in an attempt to make them more acceptable to the child than the standard ominous black type. Known by collectors as the 'Mickey ...
Gas Mask
This is a 'Service Respirator', issued to the Army/Navy/Air Force, also the Police and some Civil Defence etc. but generally not a civilian item.
Forty million masks were distributed to the civilian ...
Gas Mask
A gas mask and holder dating from World War Two. This is a standard civilian issue mask. These were always provided in a plain card box with string for a shoulder strap. The tin holder shown here is likely ...
General Post Office, Brocton Camp
One of the most frequented buildings in the Camp would have been the General Post Office. At Brocton Camp it was situated alongside the main Chase Road between 'I' and 'M' Battalion Lines. It is the building ...
George Ambrose Lloyd, M.P. for West Staffordshire
This postcard was published to celebrate the election of George Ambrose Lloyd as the Liberal Unionist M.P. for the West Staffordshire Constituency in 1910.
At the time West Staffordshire had 21 electoral ...
George Henry Mayer, 13005688 The Pioneer Corps. Born 1901
George was born 15th March 1901 in Drayton Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. George originally enlisted at Burslem on the 8th February 1919 into the North Staffordshire Regiment. He left the ...
George Savage, 5th North Staffs Regiment
Lieutenant George Savage of Cobridge Road, Burslem in uniform. After training at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase George was stationed in Mesopotamia during World War 1, where he wrote his self-published ...
George Taylor, Foreman on the Military Railway, Cannock Chse
George Taylor was foreman of the gang who laid the military railway track from Hednesford to Rugeley Camp. He was apparently a tough character and was in charge of the Irish workers who had to complete ...
Gerald McCann, London Scottish Regiment
Gerald McCann (1897-1970) was the last of three generations of Uttoxeter photographers. During the Great war he was a consript in the London Scottish Regiment and served in Europe and the Middle East. ...
German Bunker at Messines Ridge after Rainstorm
Drawing, charcoal and ink on paper by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). Sketch made at the site of the Battle of Messines, Belgium.
Commissioned for 'The Fields of Battle 1914-18 - Paintings and drawings ...
German Bunker at Messines Ridge after Rainstorm
Drawing, charcoal and ink on paper by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). Sketch made at the site of the Battle of Messines, Belgium.
Commissioned for 'The Fields of Battle 1914-18 - Paintings and drawings ...
German Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase
The German Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase was first opened to the public on 10 June 1967.
It was established under the terms of an agreement of 16 October 1959 between the governments of the United ...
German Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase
A postcard view looking south across the German Military Cemetery. This Cemetery on Cannock Chase was first opened to the public on 10 June 1967.
It was established under the terms of an agreement ...
German Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase
Main Entrance to the German Military Cemetery. This Cemetery on Cannock Chase was first opened to the public on 10 June 1967.
It was established under the terms of an agreement of 16 October 1959 ...
German Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase
The German Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase was first opened to the public on 10 June 1967.
It was established under the terms of an agreement of 16 October 1959 between the governments of the United ...
German Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase
The German Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase was first opened to the public on 10 June 1967. It was established under the terms of an agreement of 16 October 1959 between the governments of the United ...