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 Volunteers reunion, Stafford
Former members of the 25th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers pictured in the back garden of 19 Eastgate Street on the occasion of the Duke of York's wedding celebration in July 1893, their 30 years' reunion. ...
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1567-1601). Born at Netherwood near Bromyard, in Herefordshire, he was brought up on his father's estates at Chartley Castle, Staffordshire. he was Lord Lieutenant ...
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1567-1601). Born at Netherwood near Bromyard, in Herefordshire, he was brought up on his father's estates at Chartley Castle, Staffordshire. he was Lord Lieutenant ...
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1567-1601). Born at Netherwood near Bromyard, in Herefordshire, he was brought up on his father's estates at Chartley Castle, Staffordshire. he was Lord Lieutenant ...
Robert Greville, Lord Brooke
Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke (1607-1642/3) of Beauchamp's Court, near Alcester in Warwickshire. He was the son of Fulke Greville of Thorp Latimer, Lincolnshire and became Baron Brooke in 1628, succeeding ...
Royal Artillery, Aberystwyth
16 Battery, 6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery taken outside the Drill Hall, Glyndwr Road, Aberystwyth. On the front row, 6th from the left, is Donald Sutton of Cheddleton, highlighted with an ...
Royal Pioneer Corps
In front row, second from left is Harry Evans of Stone (b.1907). Before he was called up to the North Staffordshire Regiment in World War Two, he was in the Territorials. He is pictured here wearing ...
Royal Pioneer Corps
In front row, fourth from left is Harry Evans of Stone (b.1907). Before he was called up to the North Staffordshire Regiment in World War Two, he was in the Territorials. He is pictured here wearing ...
Royal visit, Duchess of Sutherland's Ambulance Tent Hospital, Calais
Pictured at a Royal visit to the Fourth Duchess of Sutherland’s Ambulance Tent Unit hospital at Calais during World War I are Millicent's daughter, Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower, Edward, Prince of Wales, ...
Rugeley and Rugeley Camp views
A colour-tinted view of five views of Rugeley and Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. Published by William Shaw of Burslem, postmarked 12 June 1919.
Rugeley Bandsmen
Bandsmen at the rear of the Globe Hotel, Rugeley. The inscription on the drum refers to 21st Company Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Battalion, North Staffs Regiment.
Rugeley Camp verse
The verse on this card has tried to capture the essence of training at Rugeley Camp. It is written in the style of black humour typical of the First World War.
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
It is difficult to identify the precise location of this photograph. Brocton Camp would have the letter of the Battalion Line above the door together with the hut number which made it easier to identify ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A panoramic view of the sides Battalion Lines 17 to 19 with No.18's Regimental Institute being the large building centre right. An early conifer plantation on the right shows that there were trees on ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A general view of huts at Rugeley Camp, but almost impossible to identify the exact location. The general accommodation huts were kept off the ground by concrete pads. These can still be located in certain ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This postcard view was taken quite early on in the development of Rugeley Camp as parts of it are still being built and the roadway is requiring its finishing coating. Initially the materials were brought ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Rugeley Camp was on relatively flat ground compared to Brocton Camp and it did not have as many easily recognisable features either as it consisted of monotonous rows of huts. The photographer appears ...