Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
In the top right quarter close to the few trees can be seen the White House. Therefore, to the right are the huts of Battalion Line No. 16 and to the left, after the Parade Ground, is Battalion Line No. ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A wider view of the Camp from the east, looking at Battalion Line numbers 17 to 19 nearest the camera. Interesting to see the conifer trees on the right hand side which proves that there had been some ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A very difficult location to identify and this could be anywhere surrounding Rugeley Camp. However, in the distance there appears to be possibly a coniferous forest plantation which could be that which ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This photograph taken in the early 1980's by Jake Whitehouse is in the area that is now known as Tackeroo Camp Site. During the Great War this concrete base was the floor of the Army Service Corps Ordnance ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The military railway can be seen crossing the road, left to right going down Brindley Valley and then carrying on up Penkridge Bank Road toward the White House. There is a sidings adjacent to this line ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Scattered in front of these huts are loads of building materials so it must be in the early part of the construction of the Camp. The military railway runs from left to right down Brindley Valley from ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Judging but the configuration of the huts this could show the rear of No. 4 Battalion Lines taken from the side of the Ordnance Depot. It is a good example of the slope of the land and the differing height ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Postcard view of Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase views
A postcard with views of Rugeley Camp and the surrounding area. In the centre is a photograph of Rugeley Town Hall. Published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford and postmarked 12 November 1916.
This postcard ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase views
A postcard with five views of Rugeley Camp. The top two images show approaches to the Camp from different directions. Published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford and postmarked 3 May 1918.
The writer ...
Rugeley Civil Defence Rescue team
Members of Rugeley Civil Defence Rescue team pictured in the yard of 16 Albion Street.
Rugeley Training Camp, Cannock Chase
John Pearcy (no. 36033), second from left of the seated lads, with comrades of the 13th battalion West Yorkshire Regiment during training on Cannock Chase. John Pearcy enlisted in June 1916 and after ...
Rugeley, Unveiling of the War Memorial
The front cover from a Programme detailing the ceremony and order of service for the unveiling of the Rugeley War Memorial on 23 January 1921.
Saddle tank locomotive 'Blackcock', Cannock Chase
One of the locomaotives which operated on the 'Tackeroo' on Cannock Chase during World War 1. The rolling stock for these locomotives tended to be loaned from local colliery companies. Pictured is "Blackcock" ...
Salt railway station Great War Roll of Honour
The inscription reads:
Names of Great Northern Railwaymen from Salt Station or Depot who have lost their lives in the service of their Country.
Name: F. Davenport
Regiment: 8th King's Shropshire ...
Salute the Soldier Parade, Uttoxeter
British and U.S. Army personnel standing at ease in the Market Place, Uttoxeter. This parade was part of the Salute the Soldier week, which was to raise money for the war effort. In all around £336,979 ...
Sam Hemmingfield, Durham Light Infantry
Sam pictured in his Durham Light Infantry uniform, during World War 1, service number 80867. He was promoted to sergeant and posted to the Cannock Chase Training Camps after service in France, where he ...
Sand and gravel pit, Chase Road, Cannock Chase
This is a view of the former sand and gravel pit at the top of Chase Road as you come out of Brocton. It was probably taken from what is now Chase Vista car park. Before the extraction of the aggregates ...