Home Guard, Stone
Standing on the left, holding a rifle is Eustace Dunkley. Standing 9th from left is Stan Holland. 6th from the left on the back row is Raymond Gilbert, 7th from left on the back row is Raymond's father ...
Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of French soldiers from the camp at Trentham during World War Two.
Local Defence Volunteer Card, Rawnsley, Hednesford
This card was issued to Geoffrey Bennett of Rawnsley Road, Rawnsley, Hednesford who was a member of Stafford Area Local Volunteer Defence Corps, Cannock Group, during World War II. He was a colliery ...
Longport Volunteers - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Parade
Notice of a parade by the Longport Volunteer Corps on Wednesday 21st April 1813.
One of the purposes of the parade was to ensure that members of the corps returned their "Arms and Accoutrements".
There ...
Longton C.E. School
Photograph shows war time shelters and static water tank.
Longton Church of England School was built in 1836 on School Lane (later Webberley Lane).
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 ...
Military Conscription Appeal, Tamworth
George Kemper, 21, and his brother Bert, 19, from Bonehill Road, Tamworth appealed against conscription in World War I because their father had been interned as an enemy alien. You can read George’s appeal ...
Motorcycle Dispatch Riders, Milford Common
North Staffordshire Home Guard dispatch riders pictured during training on Milford Common. John (Jack) Finney is third from the right, George Brassington is second for the left. In the background is ...
Motorcycle Dispatch Riders, Milford Common
North Staffordshire Home Guard dispatch riders pictured during training on Milford Common. The trees in the background mark the boundary of the Shugborough estate. On the far left is John (Jack) Finney ...
Motorcycle Dispatch Riders, Milford Common
North Staffordshire Home Guard dispatch riders pictured during training on Milford Common. On the far left is John (Jack) Finney and on the far right is George Brassington seated on their motorcycles. ...
National Fire Service, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed from volunteers at the outbreak of war, to assist the regular Fire Brigades. The name was changed to The National Fire Service in August 1941 when the regional regular ...
Pantomime playbill, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
A playbill produced for a pantomime performance of Cinderella in the Social Centre at Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton, Christmas 1944. Playing the lead role of Cinders was Jeanette 'Janet' Jewell (nee Brown). ...
Pantomime, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 16 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. The first pantomime produced ...
Party at Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
The Social Centre at Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton. Standing 4th from right in the front row, wearing a short dark jacket and scarf, is Jeanette 'Janet' Jewell (nee Brown). She lived at 16 Foyle while ...
Pattingham Royal Observer Corps
The observation post during the Second World War for the Royal Observer Corps, was in the field in Clive Road, opposite Warner's Garage. It was a hut for living, sleeping and feeding in, and had a square ...
Portrait of Mrs Jane Ridgway, Hednesford
Studio portrait of Mrs Jane Ridgway wearing her ARP (Air Raid Precautions)Warden's uniform during World War II. She wears a great coat with ARP badge, and a felt hat with metal badge on front.
Public Dinner - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Organising a Public Dinner for the local volunteer corps
Hand-written letter seeking subscriptions from local businessmen for a public dinner in honour of the Longport Volunteer Corps "return from ...
Recreation facilities, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 13 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. The Games Room, part of the ...