Market Place, Uttoxeter
Market Place, Uttoxeter, with the war memorial in the foreground with the Conduit (also known as the Kiosk) in the distance. The Lion Hotel can be seen to the right.
Photographer: Gerald McCann of ...
Market Square, Stafford
Market day in the Market Square, Stafford during the Second World War. In the background is the Shire Hall with posters advertising National War Bonds and National Savings.
Market Square, Stafford,
Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law stating that all buying and selling had to take place in a market town.
On the left can be seen the Shire Hall, built ...
Marquis of Anglesey
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey, was born in 1768 and died in 1854. The Paget family home was Beaudesert, which stood on the south-eastern edge of Cannock Chase.
He fought in Flanders, ...
Marshy area near the Glacial Boulder, Cannock Chase
Drawing, charcoal and ink on paper by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). Sketch made at Brocton Camp site on Cannock Chase, one of the First World War army training camps on Cannock Chase.
Commissioned for ...
Mary Brown, Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Mary Brown pictured at Shooting Butts Camp School, near Rugeley. Mary moved from Southall, London to work at Shooting Butts Camp as a General Assistant for approximately three years. Whilst working ...
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 ...
Maternity unit information, Burton upon Trent
A note issued to mothers-to-be before they were admitted to the Maternity Unit at Burton-upon-Trent Hospital. This note was received by Mrs Joan Torr shortly before the birth of her son Michael in May ...
Matthew Edward Joyce, Pioneer Corps. Born 1919
Matthew Joyce was born in December 1919 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Matthew survived combat in World War Two.
Matthew Edward Joyce, RE (T) 2157 Sapper, Royal Engineers 492054. Born 1885
Matthew was born in 1885 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Florence Alice Leadbetter in 1905. He enlisted into the Royal Engineers on 10th October 1914 and a year later was serving in ...
Mayors Procession, George Street, Tamworth
In the procession are the Military Band, Brass Band, Fire Brigade, Police, and Girl Guides. Notice the excellent terracotta facade of Needhams, done by Gibbs and Canning, which is partly hidden by the ...
Meadleys Farm, Pattingham
Meadleys Farm was used for rest and recreation (R&R) for the Air Force personnel from Australia and New Zealand during the 2nd World War. They would board at the farm for a few days of rest and relaxation ...
Medical 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 ...
Medical Ward, Frobisher Hall , Swynnerton
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just after the 2nd World War. Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled ...
Member of the Girls Training Corp, Stonefield Park, Stone
Mary Smith is pictured here in her Girls Training Corp uniform. Stone Girls Training Corp was founded by Mrs Wenger of Aston, Stone, who was also the commanding officer there. The headquarters were at ...
Members of the National Reserve Volunteers, Uttoxeter
Memorial Chapel, St. Mary's Church, Uttoxeter
War memorial for the 1914-1918 War in the Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Church, Uttoxeter. A carved crucifix with boards each side inscribed with the names of the fallen. The steps to pulpit can be seen ...
Memorial Cross, Adbaston
This cross is situated in the churchyard of St. Michael and All Angels Church, Adbaston. The stepped base of the mediaeval preaching cross survives, the cross itself was added in the 1920s and is the ...