Novelty postcard, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A postcard featuring a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather. the caption reads "Well, if you knows of a better 'ole, go to it."
This card was sent by 'uncle John' to his nephew, he appeared to be making ...
Novelty Postcard, Milford
A postcard with the captions "Our B'hoys:- all leave suspended" and "Thumbs down". Sent from Emma to a soldier in Lincoln Regiment saying they had visited Milford for the day but hoped he would be home ...
Novelty postcard, Rugeley Camp
A number of generic novelty cards were created so that the supplier or writer of the card could insert the location of the Camp they were stationed at. The caption reads 'Immediate. Pictures by wireless ...
Novelty postcard, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A novelty postcard of comforts for the troops with the following rhyme: “Cakes and smokes that travelled miles / reached sunny France brought sunny smiles”.
A number of generic novelty postcards were ...
Nurse Millicent Sutherland
Photograph of Millicent signed Millicent Hawes, Millicent Sutherland Ambulance 1914- 1918, the Great War.
Millicent Fanny St. Clair Erskine was born in 1867 in Fife. In 1884 she married Cromartie ...
Nurse Watkins at Baker's Cottage, Wolverhampton Road, Pattingham.
Gwen Law and Florrie Bramall having a chat with Nurse Watkins, the village midwife.
Nurses and convalescing soldiers, Ravenhill House, Brereton
A group of convalescing military personnel photographed with nurses and civilians during World War I against the south-facing window of Ravenhill House adjacent to the garden. The house was used as a ...
Nurses Home, Military Hospital, Newcastle Under Lyme
A postcard view of the Military Hospital Nurses' Home on Newcastle Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme. This building, built in 1902, has since been demolished.
During the First World War Stoke-upon-Trent Union ...
Nurses, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
In the middle of the back row is Nurse Jessie Elizabeth Price.
Jessie was born at Lichfield Lodges, Shugborough on 15 July 1876. Her father Joseph was a Waggoner on the estate. She trained as a nurse ...
NZRB in the snow, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The New Zealanders are playing happily in the snow of 1917 which must have arrived not long after they came to Brocton Camp in the September of that year. Named the ‘Cannock Chase Reserve Centre’ the ...
NZRB in the snow, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
It must have been a long hard winter as another postcard shows the New Zealanders playing in the snow in late 1917, but it obviously has not dampened their spirits.
NZRB Rifleman, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Rifleman L.M. Blyth, 4th Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade, stationed at Brocton Camp 1917 to 1918. Later on in World War I Lawrence Morris Blyth was promoted to Sergeant and later on in his military ...
NZRB soldier, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
An unidentified New Zealand Rifle Brigade soldier, stationed at Brocton Camp. Postcard portrait photographed by Duncans, 15 Allenby Road, Hull and Camp View, Brocton, Staffordshire
NZRB soldiers, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Two good friends from the New Zealand Rifle Brigade pose for their studio photograph. One of them has written on the reverse: "My mate Jim Grey, an ugly old devil isn't he".
NZRB soldiers, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Three unidentified New Zealand Rifle Brigade soldiers pictured in a photograph taken at a local studio to be sent back home to loved ones. The local photographers must have had been kept very busy with ...
Officer Cadet Training Unit at Drayton Manor, Lichfield
'D' Company Cadet Battalion, seen here at Drayton Manor.
Officers and Service Personnel at RAF Stafford
Service personnel gathered for the photographer at an unidentified event at RAF Stafford.
RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury of 362 acres of land near Stafford. ...
Officers Ball, RAF Stafford
This photograph of guests at RAF Stafford’s Officers Ball in 1971 was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. Please contact us if you recognise anyone in this view.