Prince William at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
Prince William lays a wreath after the unveiling and dedication of a Memorial to the First World War Christmas Truce at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas.
The memorial is part of Football ...
Prisoner of War Camp, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
These are Royal Defence Corps Guards for the PoW Camp and have differing cap badges. The Corps was comprised of men unfit for front-line duties due to age or infirmity and they were used to defend bridges, ...
Prisoner of War postcard, Peak Dale, Stockport
A photograph of the reverse of a postcard sent by a German Prisoner of War named Ebermann who was based at a Working Camp at Peak Dale, near Stockport. Brocton Camp was the Parent Camp for a number of ...
Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp,
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located near to Anson's Bank, and Rugeley Camp which extended along Penkridge Bank. The two camps were ...
Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The former Regimental Institutes of "A" and "B" Lines were used for entertainment of various kinds by the Prisoners of War, including theatre, as they were the larger of the huts and suitable for this ...
Private Ernest Pattison, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ernest Pattison came from Lower Green, Newcastle-under-Lyme. He joined the 3rd North Staffordshire Regiment in 1914. He was injured in France, when a piece of shrapnel hit him in the head. He was sent ...
Private Herbert Lewis, 5041117 North Staffordshire Regiment. Born 1894
Herbert Lewis was born in 1894 in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He joined the army in 1916. He served in France, Gibraltar, Constantinople and India. He married on 16th February 1929. ...
Private John 'Jack' Joyce, 212681 Royal Army Service Corps. Born 1909
John was born 6th October 1909 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Elleanor Annie Thorley, pictured with two of their sons, on 26th September 1942. John and Elleanor had six children.
John ...
Procter family, Stoke-on-Trent
A studio portrait of Beatrice and Percy Procter with their children Reginald and Geoffrey. The photograph was taken while Percy Procter was either on leave from the Western Front in France or about to ...
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 ...
Publications, Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
Quarry workers, Rudyard
Quarry workers removing a large stone from Whorrocks Bank quarry in 1887. It was later used as the stone for Rudyard's war memorial, installed for Queen Voctoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. It commemorates ...
Quartermaster's staff, Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield
Members of the North Staffordshire Regiment Quartermaster's staff pictured at Whittington Barracks.
Back row (left to right): G. Ormsby, A. Landon, C. Brightman, J. Hammer, K. Copestake, D. Roden.
Front ...
Quartermaster's staff, Yarnfield
An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...
R.A.M.C. Chasetown, Lichfield
A black and white postcard of the Chasetown Detachment of the Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.) leaving for active service in 1914. They are pictured at the Goods platform at Lichfield station on the ...
RAF Hixon and Wellington Bombers
This postcard reproduction of a painting shows several Vickers Wellington Mk III bomber aircraft with some being re-fuelled at No. 30, O.T.U. (No. 30, Operational Training Unit), RAF Hixon. They are ...
RAF Memorial Window, St Thomas's Church, Walton on the Hill
Stained glass memorial window to the Royal Air Force, dated 1942 and showing the silhouette of a bomber plane flying over crossed searchlights. At the top, the Greek letters 'Alpha' and 'Omega' flank ...
RAF Stafford TSW Personnel return from the Gulf War
Pictured are the first of the TSW (Tactical Supply Wing) personnel returning from the Gulf War. in this view they are arriving at RAF Stafford by Chinook helicopter from RAF Brize Norton. The main party ...