Evacuees at Church Cottage, Seighford
Sisters Joan and Pat (last name unknown) were evacuees from Ramsgate, Kent. They stayed with the Breeze family at Church Cottage in Seighford for two or three years during the Second World War.
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Evacuees at Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 47 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
An article on evacuees ...
Ever Memorable Battle Off Cape Trafalgar : 21 October 1805 - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Celebrating Victory
Illustration and article celebrating British victory over Spain and France at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle on December 12th 1805, the ...
Ex-Servicemen's Parade, Stone
Parade of ex-servicemen pictured marching from Westbridge Park, Stone on the occasion of the dedication of the local branch of the British Legion, 1st June 1969. Jack Hall is at the head of the right ...
Factory workers, Rugeley
This photograph shows a workforce of an unidentified Rugeley factory during World War I.
Postcard photographed by Bates, South Staffordshire Water works, Moors Gorse, Rugeley. Alfred Bates was a well ...
Fancy Dress, Whittington Barracks
Fatal Wartime Creswell Plane Crash ( External web site link )
In the English summer of 1944, an American aircraft crashed at Creswell, Stafford, killing the pilot. The plane was piloted by 25-year old USAAF Captain John Pershing Perrin, DFC, who lost his life in ...
Fauld explosion crater
An aerial view of the crater at Fauld, near Hanbury.
On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in ...
Fauld explosion, The Cock Inn, Hanbury
On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in a disused gypsum mine.
Upper Castle Hayes Farm was completely ...
Fazeley Home Guard, Memorial Hall, Fazeley, Lichfield
Fazeley Home Guard taken outside of the Memorial Hall in Fazeley. On the front row second from the left is Sergeant Jack Thompson.
Fazeley square, Fazeley, Lichfield
This photograph shows the unveiling of the war memorial in Fazeley Square on Sunday 25th July 1920. The sculptor of the memorial was Mitchell of Aldergate, Tamworth.
Feeding calves, Freeford Manor, Lichfield
Two Women's Land Army girls feeding Hereford calves in a yard at Freeford Manor, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, Uttoxeter.
Female Munition Workers from Siemens Factory, Stafford,
A studio portrait of eight female munition workers, wearing overalls and caps, from Siemen's Engineering Works.
Siemens relocated to Stafford from Woolwich in 1903 and manufactured generators, electric ...
Female Munition Workers outside Siemens Factory, Stafford,
Large group of female munition workers outside Siemens factory on Lichfield Road. The banner reads 'Siemens Munition Works - What the girls are doing for the men at the Front'. The photograph was taken ...
Female Railway Workers, Stafford
During the First World War women filled the vacancies left by the men who had entered military service. These women were employed in the heavy and dirty work of cleaning engines.
They are pictured ...
Female Railway Workers, Stafford,
During the First World War women filled the vacancies left by the men who had entered military service. These women were employed in the heavy and dirty work of cleaning engines.
They are pictured ...
Field bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Men of the Army Service Corps pictured at the Field Bakery at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase,
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located ...
Field bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This colourised image shows Men of the Army Service Corps at the Field Bakery at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase,
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, ...