Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, South Staffordshire Home Guard on Cannock Chase
Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, Commanding Officer of the 29th Battalion (West Bromwich) South Staffordshire Regiment Home Guard. Richard Arthur Davies was born in Liverpool in 1886. He studied at Liverpool University ...
Lt. Colonel Johnson’s Belt Buckle
Lt. Colonel Johnson served in the North Staffordshire Regiment for over seventeen years, and had seen action in South Africa before serving in World War One.
In September 1914 he was selected to train ...
Lt. Richard Byrd Levett, Milford Hall
Richard William Byrd Levett (1897-1917) was heir to Milford Hall and was killed in action on 10 March 1917 at Bapaume, on the Somme, while serving in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the First World ...
Luftwaffe View of RAF Stafford
The Luftwaffe was certainly aware of RAF Stafford during 1940 as this reconnaissance photograph shows. The Station's sites are clearly marked out north of Stafford. Fortunately RAF Stafford was able ...
M and N line huts along Old Acre Valley, Brocton Military Camp
This view of Brocton camp shows two types of accommodation hut, those for officers and those for enlisted men. The officers each had their own stove and the photograph shows the hut in the foreground ...
Mail sorting office, Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Major & Mrs J.L. Meakin, The Laurels, Stone
Portraits of Constance Evelyn Meakin and her husband Major James Lionel Meakin.
Major James Lionel Meakin (1874-1940) was educated at Uppingham School and was a Major in the 5th North Staffordshire ...
Major General Sir George Anson
Major General Sir George Anson (1769-1849) was born at Shugborough, the second son of George Anson (formerly Adams) of Shugborough and brother to Thomas, 1st Viscount Anson. He fought in the Peninsular ...
Marching Band, Battle of Britain Week, Stafford,
R.A.F. band forming part of the Battle of Britain Week parade, Victoria Road, Stafford.
The Battle of Britain was a series of air raids by the German Air Force between June 1940 and April 1941. These ...
Mark 1 Spitfire outside Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This Mark 1 Spitfire from R.A.F. Bicester was on display outside the Brampton Museum (then the Borough Museum and Art Gallery) in Newcastle-under-Lyme to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Air ...
Market Square, Stafford
Market day in the Market Square, Stafford during the Second World War. In the background is the Shire Hall with posters advertising National War Bonds and National Savings.
Marshy area near the Glacial Boulder, Cannock Chase
Drawing, charcoal and ink on paper by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). Sketch made at Brocton Camp site on Cannock Chase, one of the First World War army training camps on Cannock Chase.
Commissioned for ...
Mary Brown, Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Mary Brown pictured at Shooting Butts Camp School, near Rugeley. Mary moved from Southall, London to work at Shooting Butts Camp as a General Assistant for approximately three years. Whilst working ...
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 ...
Meadleys Farm, Pattingham
Meadleys Farm was used for rest and recreation (R&R) for the Air Force personnel from Australia and New Zealand during the 2nd World War. They would board at the farm for a few days of rest and relaxation ...
Medical staff, Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Medical Ward, Frobisher Hall , 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. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled ...