Tanks being tested on Cannock Chase
Pictured is a tank being put through its paces on the tank testing ground on Cannock Chase. This tank was one on many produced during 1939 to 1945 by The English Electric Co. Armoured Vehicle Factory ...
Tanks testing on Cannock Chase
Pictured is a tank being put through its paces on the tank testing ground on Cannock Chase. This tank was one on many produced during 1939 to 1945 by The English Electric Co. Armoured Vehicle Factory ...
Tea Van, Stoke-on-Trent
The Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, Council Officials and Civil Defence members during the Second World War.
Mobile tea vans like this would have been operated by such groups as the Women's Voluntary Service ...
Telegram Delivery Woman, Stafford
First World War GPO telegram delivery woman in working uniform with her bicycle.
During the war many women took over the jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in France.
Tennis group, Stonefield Park, Stone
Stone residents entertaining Otto Schreister, an American soldier billetted at Yarnfield during the Second World War. The group is pictured after playing tennis in Stonefield Park.
Standing (left ...
Tented camp, Hagley Hall, Rugeley
This postcard view is thought to have been taken in 1913 during military manoeuvres which took place on various sites around Cannock Chase. This tented encampment was in the grounds of Hagley Hall, Rugeley....
Thank you card from a soldier, Eccleshall
A thank you card from a soldier for a gift of cigarettes from the pupils of Eccleshall Church of England School. This was part of a scheme organised by the Overseas League during World War 2 to provide ...
Thanksgiving Service, Stafford
A service in thanksgiving for victory and to commemorate those who gave their lives during the Great War, held on the Grammar School field off Newport Road, Stafford. It was organised by the National ...
The 3rd (Leek) Battery, The 2nd North Midland Brigade RFA Belle Vue, Leek
Troops seen after mobilisation, having just left the Drill Hall in Alma Street and en route to join the Brigade and Ammunition Column in Burton-on-Trent. They entrained for Luton where the 46th North ...
The Albert, 8-10 Bilton Street, Stoke
The Albert public house is located on Bilton Street which was formerly known as Albert Street until 1912. It was built between 1848 and 1878. The Landlord believes that the first terraced house was originally ...
The Annual Fire Pump Competitions at RAF Stafford
This photograph was taken during the annual fire pump competitions which were held between the fire crews at each RAF storage depot. The fire crews are pictured on parade during an inspection along with ...
The Armed Forces Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
This view was taken looking south east from the Visitor Centre towards the Armed Forces Memorial.
The Armed Forces Memorial was dedicated in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen on 12 October 2007. ...
The Barracks, Yarnfield
The Barracks at Yarnfield. US Forces occupied Beatty Hall, Howard Hall and Duncan Hall in Yarnfield during World War II. This photograph is believed to show Duncan Hall.
An image from the 'Yarnfield ...
The Battle of Chevy Chase
Watercolour sketch by Great Haywood born artist, Thomas Peploe Wood (1817-1845), of a battle scene with men on horseback. This is a study for a large oil painting commissioned by John Gardner Esq. of ...
The Camp, Cannock chase
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located near to Anson's Bank, and Rugeley Camp which extended along Penkridge Bank. The two camps were separated ...
The Choir, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 20 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordinance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. Choir mistress Mary Shillito ...
The Contraband Hut, ROF Swynnerton
Contraband hut and attendant at R.O.F. Swynnerton.
Workers at R.O.F. Swynnerton, a high percentage of which were women, filled shells, bombs and other armaments, including 20mm shells for Spitfires, ...
The Drill Hall, Shelton
Photograph of the Drill Hall on Collage Road Shelton. The inscription reads: "1837 The Head Quarters of the Hanley Companies 1st Vol Bat Ns Reg 1897".
The building was designed as the headquarters ...