Range Corner, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A later view of a postcard scene from Rugeley Camp, taken from Rifle Range corner looking up Penkridge Bank Road and the White House would have been in the far distance on the left. It was in the middle ...
Raven Hill Auxiliary Hospital Staff Party at Park House, Rugeley
This photograph includes: Miss Lambert, Col. Wetherall, Mr. W.S. Rogers, Miss Hattersley (cook), Mrs Rogers, Miss L. Lees, Mrs Rawlins, Miss R. Borne, Miss E. Tait, Mrs Darcy, Mildred Hulme & sister, ...
Ravenhill House, Brereton
he house had been briefly unoccupied when, in March 1915, the War Office intimated that Lady Zouche had offered the house as a V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detached) Hospital to be operated by the Red Cross for ...
Recreation of Field Firing Range on Cannock Chase
Based on photographs and site visits, this recreation shows one of several field firing ranges installed on Cannock Chase as part of the training camp complexes set up during World War I. These firing ...
Recreation of German Prisoner of War inscription on Cannock Chase
Based on written evidence, this reconstruction shows an inscription created by German PoWs held at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase in the later stages of World War I. Made out of painted stones, the inscription ...
Recreation of 'N' Lines at Brocton Camp, Cannock
Based on period photographs, maps and site visits, this reconstructed view of the World War I army training camp at Brocton on Cannock Chase shows the huts that made up an area known as 'N' lines. The ...
Red Cross fundraising, World War 1
This photograph is listed in our photographic archive as showing a group of young ladies collecting for 'Hospital Saturday' during World War 1.
Hospital Saturday raised funds for local hospitals in ...
Red Cross Hospital, Burton-upon-Trent
Nursing staff and recuperating soldiers outside the Red Cross Hospital at Burton Town Hall.
Burton Red Cross Hospital was opened on 11 August 1914 and had 55 beds for soldiers wounded on the Western ...
Red Cross Hospital, Burton-upon-Trent
Beds, wounded soldiers and staff at the Red Cross Hospital in Burton Town Hall. Burton Red Cross Hospital was opened on 11 August 1914 and had 55 beds for soldiers wounded on the Western Front during ...
Red Cross Hospital, Burton-upon-Trent
The Quarter-master's Store at the Red Cross Hospital in Burton Town Hall. Burton Red Cross Hospital was opened on 11 August 1914 and had 55 beds for soldiers wounded on the Western Front during the First ...
Refugee Day Flag Poem, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a poem written for Flag Day, where small flags would be sold to help raise money for Belgian refugees escaping to Britain in September 1914. Newcastle-under-Lyme was reported to have 'rallied ...
Regimental Institute, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Standing Camp Plans for the period show that the Regimental Institutes were some of the largest buildings on the Battalion Lines. The officers had their own recreational huts as did the sergeants ...
Reginald Tivey and Stanley Birks before going off to war, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a picture of Stanley Birks (right) and Reginald Tivey (middle) pointing their rifles at the camera before going off to war in 1914. Reginald Tivey was an elephant hunter in Africa before joining ...
Reginald Tivey Commissioning Photograph, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a commissioning photograph taken of Reginald Tivey when he became an officer in 1917. He had worked as a elephant hunter in Africa before joining up as part of the 9th North Staffordshire Regiment ...
Remembrance Day, Codsall
Crowds assembled for the remembrance service outside the World War 1 Memorial gGarden on Station Road, Codsall. The Memorial Garden now commemorates both World Wars.
Remembrance Sunday, War Memorial, Stafford
The crosses at the War Memorial in Victoria Square, Stafford, commemorating the Fallen of two World Wars, are examined by three 20 year old Stafford National Servicemen, on demobilisation leave, who have ...
Rifle range butts, Cannock Chase
This photograph taken in 1980 is of "D" Range, one of the eight full-bore rifle ranges that the troops used during the Great War whilst being trained to fire the Lee-Enfield .303 rifle. If the recruits ...
Rifle training
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located near to Anson's Bank, and Rugeley Camp which extended along Penkridge Bank. The two camps were separated ...