James Jones, Chesterton
James Jones lived in Roggin Row, off Audley Road in Chesterton. Born in 1876, James enlisted for the North Staffordshire Regiment during World War I when aged 42. He fought in Gallipoli before joining ...
Jenkins Bros., China and Earthenware Merchants delivery lorry, Stone
A 2 ton Ford loaded for Preston fair in 1936. The lorry was purchased new from Lloyds of Stafford, and was used to carry material for 16 Munitions Unit and the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton around ...
Jim and Amy Craig, Derrington
Amy Craig was aged 33 at the time this photograph was taken and was pregnant with Muriel Amy, one of her four daughters. Jim was on Embarkation Leave following his call up to serve in the Northamptonshire ...
Jim Sutton, Cheddleton
A studio portrait of Jim Sutton of Cheddleton in the uniform of the Royal Artillery. He was born in Cheddleton on 2 April 1882 and lived at Babylon Row at the time. He married Louisa Sutton in 1939 ...
Joe Caddick, Pattingham
Joe was a cook for Officers throughout the Second World War.
Joe Louis, Yarnfield
Joe Louis (1914-1981) was an American professional boxer who was world heavyweight champion between 1937 and 1949. He is reckoned to be one of the greatest boxers of all time. Louis enlisted as a private ...
John Davies medal presentation, Buckingham Palace
John (Jack) Davies of Colwich was a gunner on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) during World War II. He was awarded the D.S.M. in 1945 and was presented with it by King George VI at Buckingham ...
John Joyce, born 1880
John Joyce was born in 1880 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He joined the army in 1914. After WWI he moved to Ireland, where he stayed until his death in the early 1960s.
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 ...
John Spellar M.P. visits RAF Stafford
Pictured left to right: Mark Gripton; Alan Deghorn; John Spellar M.P., the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence; Mr Spellar’s unidentified aide; and Howie Jones. They are in the Mechanical ...
Joseph Charles Farmer, Royal Artillery
A portrait of Joseph Charles Farmer in his Royal Artillery uniform in 1917. During peacetime his profession was head gardener. He married Gertrude Beatrice Johnson of Tean at Cheadle in 1913. In 1914 ...
Joseph Guest's Bugle. Newcastle-under-Lyme
This bugle belonged to Joseph Guest. Before the war, Joseph worked at Brymbo Colliery (later known as Holditch Colliery) as an office boy. In late 1914, he joined the North Staffordshire Regiment after ...
Jubilee Stone, Rudyard
Erected in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the Jubilee Stone in Rudyard also serves as the village War Memorial. It commemorates The Boer War, World War One and World War Two, as well as ...
Jubilee Stone, Rudyard
A postcard view of the Jubilee Stone in Rudyard which was erected in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Quarried from a large split block of gritstone, the Jubilee Stone serves as the village ...
Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase
The Katyn Memorial was unveiled in 1979 and is sited close to Springslade Lodge, about half a mile from the German Cemetery and Commonwealth Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase.
In 1940 4,500 Polish ...
Ken and Geoff Platt, Uttoxeter Road, Longton
Ken and Geoff Platt who lived at 5 High St (later Uttoxeter Rd), Longton, pictured in front of a wartime Anderson Shelter in the back yard of 1,Uttoxeter Road. Behind the shelter is the huge bottle oven ...
King George V and Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, Calais
King George V and Queen Mary inspecting Millicent, Fourth Duchess of Sutherland’s Ambulance Tent Unit hospital at Calais during World War I.
Millicent Fanny St. Clair Erskine was born in 1867 in ...
King George VI Coronation celebrations, Granville Square, Stone
Granville Square decorated for the Coronation celebrations. This view shows the Post Office and war memorial, with the Crown and Anchor public house to the left.
The thatched and timber framed building ...