Leek Battery leaving for France
3rd Leek Battery passing William Sugden's Sanders Building, occupied at the time by J. Mears. On horseback is Lt. Arthur Falkner Nicholson, who was later wounded in action.
Leek Volunteer Band, Ball Haye Hall
This is probably the earliest photograph of the band, who were considered to be one of the best in Staffordshire. They gave open air concerts to large audiences in Leek Market Place on Monday evenings ...
Leek Volunteers going to War, Lowe Hill, Leek
The Leek Battery set off to join the war effort right at the start of World War I.
Leigh War Memorial
The war memorial was raised to commemorate those who fell in the First World War and stands in All Saints churchyard, Leigh.
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. ...
Lichfield Home Guard, Lichfield
Lichfield Home Guard pictured outside King Edward VI School in Lichfield,
The man sitting 4th from the left on the front row (with the moustache) is Edward Alfred Geoffrey 'EAG' Marlar, who was also ...
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Henry Wilkinson
Oil painting. Half-length portrait of Lt. Col. Joseph Henry Wilkinson, D.L., J.P., V.D., (1845-1931), Chairman of the Standing Joint Committee of the Quarter Sessions and County Council of Staffordshire, ...
Lieutenant Colonel William Edward Harrison
Oil painting. Three-quarter length portrait of Lt. Col. William Edward Harrison, O.B.E. (1876-1937) of Wychnor Park. Elected a member of Staffordshire County Council in 1913. Elected a County Alderman ...
List of men from Berkswich killed in the Great War
Church notice: A list of men and one woman from Berkswich killed in the First World War.
In Memoriam
James L Cappell
Robert Coates
Roland Deaville
Ernest Farnsworth
Harry Felton
Marjorie ...
Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of French soldiers from the camp at Trentham during World War Two.
Loading mangolds, Freeford Manor, near Lichfield
Two Women's Land Army girls loading a horse-drawn cart with mangolds. Photographed for the Women's Land Army Recruiting Services, at Major Dyott's farm at Freeford Manor, near Lichfield,
Photographer: ...
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 ...
Local Home Guard Platoon, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the local Home Guard platoon during World war 2 marching down Liverpool Road.
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).
Longton War Memorial. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Longton War Memorial, Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Longton War Memorial. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the War Memorial at Trentham Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Longton War Memorial. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of the War Memorial at Trentham Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.