Sand and gravel pit, Chase Road, Cannock Chase
This photograph was taken in 1982 and is the entrance to the gravel quarry near the top of Chase Road coming up the hill from Brocton. It is now a quiet area set aside for wildlife but before vast quantities ...
Satnall Hills, Cannock Chase
A postcard photograph taken on the northern edge of Cannock chase with the caption "Tommy Love-making, Brocton Camp".
The couple are sitting on top of the small sluice gate which can still be found ...
Second Contingent Tamworth Volunteers, Tamworth Castle Courtyard
The Second Contingent of Tamworth Volunteers, who served in the South African War during 1901, taken in the courtyard of Tamworth Castle. On the front row are, Col. Sergt. S. Pownell, Privates; W. Harvey, ...
Sergeant-Instructor Allchin, Rugeley
A postcard portrait of Sergeant-Instructor George Allchin who was born in East Malling, Kent in 1814. This photograph was taken in his 92nd year, not long before his death in 1907. At the time of this ...
Sergeant-Major Bloor, Home Guard, Cheddleton
Sergeant-Major Percy Bloor in his Home Guard uniform, back garden of Bankside, Cronny Bank, Cheddleton.
Percy Bloor's time with the Home Guard, as told to his grandson Peter Bloor by Percy’s son Roger ...
Sergeants Staffordshire Royal Artillery, Stafford
On the left is Francis Herbert Clarke who won the Military Cross as a Second Lieutenant in the 124th Battalion of the Royal Field Artillery on the 20th of August 1918, east of Vieux Berqun. He was killed ...
Setting up a Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The Defence and Preservation of KING and Country
Printed public notice announcing the resolutions from a meeting that took place in the Legs of Man in Burslem on July 28th, 1803.
A number of businessmen ...
Seven Stars, Seisdon
The Seven Stars stands on the corner of Fox Road and Tinker's Castle Road. The landlord at the time of this photograph was Stephen Brown. This building was demolished and a new pub was built by Ansell's ...
Sherbrook Valley, near Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This photograph was probably taken close to the head of Sherbrook Valley, before Gospel Place. There is a healthy
flow in the Sherbrook. No huts appear on the skyline but just around the corner to the ...
Side tank locomotive 'Monmouth', Cannock Chase
The 060 side tank locomotive "Monmouth" was perfect for the standard gauge, light railway that crossed Cannock Chase to service the Great War Army camps. The number of trucks that they pulled was limited ...
Sidney Gee, 1/5th Battalion South Staffs Regiment
Sidney Gee wearing 'Hospital Blues' after recovering from serious chest wounds caused by shrapnel in 1916. He was treated at Whalley Hospital near Manchester and discharged from the Army on 1 February ...
Sir Arthur Paget
Lithograph print. A caricature of Sir Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget (1851-1928) by 'Spy', with caption 'Soudan' . Appeared in 'Vanity Fair' 15th July 1908.
He was the son of Lord Alfred Paget and Cecilia ...
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 ...
Sir William Brereton
Sir William Brereton (1604-1661) was a Parliamentary Major General of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Lancashire during the English Civil War. He established his headquarters in Nantwich in 1643, and took ...
Snake patrol in Poona, India
Thomas Marmion Clarke with his dog on snake patrol in India 1933-1939. The 1st Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment was serving in India and Burma throughout the Second World War.
Throughout ...
Soldier and ventriloquist's dummy, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A Corporal from South Staffordshire Regiment with ventriloquist's dummy. The 10th (Reserve) Battalion and 11th (Reserve Battalion) South Staffordshire Regiment were based at Rugeley camp from October ...
Soldier, Army Veterinary Corps, Milford and Brocton Camp
This postcard picture shows Douglass (last name unknown) wearing his best uniform and having his photograph taken in a studio by a professional photographer.
On the reverse Douglass writes: “Dear Auntie ...
Soldier, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Studio portrait of 15461 Sgt. Bernard Jervis of the Northumberland Fusiliers, stationed at Brocton Camp in June 1917. This photograph was given to Gladys Harvey of Rugeley, who was in the Women's Auxiliary ...