GEC ALSTHOM, Hixon, Stafford
Employees and managers are pictured in the Test Laboratory area at the Hixon site on New Road, Hixon, as they celebrate achieving the Investors In People Award (IIP). among those in the photograph are: ...
George Taylor, Foreman on the Military Railway, Cannock Chse
George Taylor was foreman of the gang who laid the military railway track from Hednesford to Rugeley Camp. He was apparently a tough character and was in charge of the Irish workers who had to complete ...
Gerald McCann, London Scottish Regiment
Gerald McCann (1897-1970) was the last of three generations of Uttoxeter photographers. During the Great war he was a consript in the London Scottish Regiment and served in Europe and the Middle East. ...
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Navy and Army Canteen Board Central Grocery Depot. The canteen grocery depot at Rugeley Camp, with civilian staff, many of whom were local people.
HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece
WRENS and Red Cross nurses with dog mascots at HMS Fledgling, a Women's Royal Naval Service Training Station at Mill Meece.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime service, ...
HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece
WRENS, male and female officers and an Old English Sheepdog mascot of A16 group pictured in front of a Fairey Fulmar Mark 1 at HMS Fledgling, a Women's Royal Naval Service Training Station at Mill Meece.
In ...
HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece
Officers' Mess at HMS Fledgling, a Women's Royal Naval Service Training Station at Mill Meece.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime service, by training WRENS as aircraft ...
HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece
WRENS on inspection at HMS Fledgling, a Women's Royal Naval Service Training Station at Mill Meece.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime service, by training WRENS as ...
HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece
WRENS pushing a Hawker Hurricane at HMS Fledgling, a Women's Royal Naval Service Training Station at Mill Meece.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime service, by training ...
HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece
WRENS undertaking training in engine maintenance at HMS Fledgling, a Women's Royal Naval Service Training Station at Mill Meece.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime ...
Home Guard, Cheddleton
Cheddleton Home Guard, E Company, 5th Battalion holding mugs standing by a table with bottles of beer with an Army tent in background at Consall Camp.
The tall man at the front of the queue is Sergeant ...
Infantry Clerks Training Course, Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield
A group of soldiers, including some from the North Staffordshire Regiment, at the Infantry Clerks Training Centre at Whittington Barracks.
In the first row from the back are to back row are: Pte Landon ...
John Russell Alder, Gunner 11052276 Royal Artillery. Born 1923
John was born on 27th September 1923 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 1941 all men between 20 and 23 years of age had to report to the Employment Exchange in Blackpool Lancashire to register for military ...
Lichfield Cathedral
A postcard view of Lichfield Cathedral published by Raphael Tuck of London, postmarked Penkridge Bank, 17 June 1915.
Sent by Cpl. J.H. Masden, who was based at the time at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. ...
Massed Bands at Devil's Bridge Camp
Frank Lewis sent this postcard to his mother at High Park Lodge, Patshull, near Pattingham.
Staffordshire Yeomanry had a longstanding association with Patshull under the auspices of Lord Dartmouth, and ...
Messines Model, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A view of the scaled terrain model of a section of the Western Front at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase. Other similar models were used in Flanders to instruct troops in advance of an offensive, however ...
Messines Story Map
This online resource expertly blends historic and modern mapping and photographs to tell and illustrate the story of the Battle of Messines (June 1917) and its link to Staffordshire in an engaging and ...
Military Band, Rugeley
A regimental band pictured at a concert in Rugeley during World War 1. The musicians were troops based at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase.