Memorial Grounds, Burton-on-Trent
View showing St. Modwens Church and Market Place in the background. The War Memorial was built in 1923, and was listed Grade II c1990.
Memorial in Wolseley Gardens
The inscription reads: "This garden is lovingly dedicated to the memory of Captain Steven G. Wolseley R.A. 1918-1944 and to all whose sacrifices in both World Wars have enabled us to enjoy Peace Freedom ...
Memorial Institute, Gnosall
A postcard view of the Memorial Institute by the A518 Stafford to Newport Road in Gnosall.
The hall, which was sited on land donated by the Church, was to be a living memorial and tribute to those ...
Memorial plaque
Memorial plaques (also known as Death Plaques or the Widow's Penny) were given to the families of those who died during the First World War.
This Peace Medal is in memory of Pte. George Ball of Princess ...
memorial plaque, All Saints' Church, Dilhorne
Wall mounted commemorative plaque to Dilhorne parishioners who gave their lives in World War 1939-1945.
It also tells that the existing five church bells were rehung with an additional bell being funded ...
Memorial Recreation Ground, Cheadle
A postcard view of the entrance to the Memorial Recreation Ground on Tean Road, Cheadle. The gateposts have panels affixed bearing the names of local military personnel who had fallen in The Great War ...
Memorial to T.E. Hulme, St Luke's Churchyard, Endon
Memorial to locally-born poet Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883-1917) who was born at Gratton Hall Farm and was killed in action in Belgium in 1917. He is commemorated with this inscription on the Hulme family ...
Men in fancy dress and motorcycle, Cannock
Postcard photograph from the First World War of two men in fancy dress with motorcycle and sidecar, registration number RE981, with caption: 'Old Bill captures Kaiser Bill'. Taken in the Cannock area....
Men in uniform outside the Reform Tavern, Woodseaves
Men in military uniform, possibly a military band, standing outside the Reform Tavern in Woodseaves. The landlord at the time was Charles Husselbee.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves.
Men of 2nd South Staffords amongst members of 1st Airbourne Division at Buckingham Palace
Taken outside Buckingham Palace before entering the grand hall at the presentation of medals by King George VI to men of the Division, including Major Robert Cain VC and L/Sgt. Jack Baskeyfield VC (posthumous), ...
Men of 'C' company in No 8 trench, Messines Hill 60, Flanders
This picture, and others like it, help to document life on the Western Front for the 1/6th South Staffords in the early days of the War. By the end of 1915, censorship had been introduced so that photographic ...
Men of the Chindits pictured beside a transport plane in Burma
The 1st Battalion, South Staffords were part of the famous Chindit Force that operated behind Japanese lines in the dense jungle in Burma during World War Two.
(Photograph courtesy of the Imperial ...
Men of the General Service Corps, Whittington Barracks
From July 1942 all recruits came into the General Service Corps for six weeks training at a Primary Training Centre (PTC). During the training they were given Personal Selection Tests to decide the Corps ...
Men who joined H.M. Forces, Butterton, Manifold Valley
Pictured outside St. Bartholomew's Church porch are the men from Butterton who returned home after serving in the Armed during World War I. Butterton has the unusual status of being a Doubly Thankful ...
Men's trench boot, Lotus Ltd., Stafford
A Lotus men's waterproof boot designed for wear in the trenches during World War I. An illustration from a Lotus trade catalogue of 1916.
Bostock's was founded in the eighteenth century by Henry's ...
Mess Room, Brocton Military Camp, Cannock Chase
Although damaged and faint, this is a valuable image of the interior of a mess room hut at Brocton Military Camp during the First World War.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground ...
Messines Model, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A view of the scaled terrain model of a section of the Western Front at Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase. Other similar models were used in Flanders to instruct troops in advance of an offensive, however ...
Messines Model, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Looking north across the scaled terrain model of the Battle of Messines at Brocton Camp. The New Zealand Rifle Brigade took part in the successful campaign to take the Messines Ridge, a stronghold on ...