OfficerTraining Corps, Denstone College
A postcard view taken in 1913 of the Officer Training Corps (OTC) at Denstone College. Officer and Cadet Training was began at Denstone College on 11 July 1908.
Denstone College was begun in 1868 and ...
Old Camp Road, Brocton Camp
Officers' Huts line the left-hand side of the road between Battalion lines 'R' and 'S'. In the distance the road begins to bend slightly to the right at its junction with what is now Chase Road to the ...
Old Comrades Reunion, Uttoxeter
Large group of ex-servicemen or Old Comrades parading on the drive of a large house. Location unknown, but believed to be in Uttoxeter.
Photographer: Alfred or Gerald McCann, photographers of High ...
Old Drill Hall, Corporation Street, Tamworth
The Drill Hall was built in 1911 and was opened on 20th December 1911 by the Lord Lieutenant of the County, the Earl of Darmouth. The Hall was used by the Tamworth North Staffs Territorial Army for drill ...
Oldacre Valley, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The sandy soil has been disturbed to lay sewer pipes (centre left to the middle of the photograph) from the Camp heading down to the filter beds at the end of Old Acre Lane. In the centre of the photograph ...
Oldacre Valley, Brocton, Cannock Chase
Long before the gravel pit was opened at the bottom of Old Acre Lane, Brocton there were fields lined with hedgerows. The land rising to the right is Tar Hill where "J" Lines were situated. Centre of ...
Olympic Torch Relay, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
Corporal Johnson Beharry VC (seen here wearing a white tracksuit) carried the Olympic Torch onto the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum on Armed Forces Day, Saturday 30 June 2012....
Onecote School
Children and their teacher at Onecote School. Standing at the front, second from left, is Peter Allen, an evacuee from Forest Gate, London.
Open Day at RAF Stafford
A Puma helicopter carrying an Air Portable Fuel Container (suspended from the helicopter) provides an aerial demonstration for the crowds of people during the 1987 Open Day which also featured the RAF ...
Open Day at RAF Stafford
The RAF Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows fly in formation over RAF Stafford during the Open Day. A crowd of 30,000 attended the event which included a display in the arena from RAF St Athan gymnasts. ...
Opening of the British Legion Club, Cheddleton
A group of men seated and standing outside hut at the inauguration of Cheddleton British Legion.
In the group are: Joe Pearson, Mr Maddocks, Tom Padin, Jim Birley, Alf Burndred, Adam Webster, Jack ...
Ordnance and chemical warfare offices, 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 ...
Ordnance Workers, Radway Green, near Alsager, Cheshire
Ordnance workers at Radway Green, Alsager collecting for the war effort. The plaque reads 'A Local Bomb For Hitler. Carriage paid by RAF'.
Our halfway holiday, Brocton Military Camp
This view of a group of young trainees at Brocton camp shows the single stove located in the centre of each hut. The ordinary soldiers had to share their stove whereas the officers each had their own ...
Outgoing Group Captain and Train, RAF Stafford
Pictured is the outgoing Station Commander, Group Captain P J Probyn ,departing by the RAF Stafford train on 8 March 1974.
In 1943 there were three Fowler Diesel engines carrying out shunting and transit ...
Outgoing Group Captain tours the site, RAF Stafford
Pictured on a cold February day the outgoing Station Commander, Group Captain R D Brittain tours the site on the back of a lorry with the Commanding Officer's personal heater.
RAF Stafford was formed ...
Outside the entrance to Whittington Barracks, nr Lichfield
A recruiting poster for the Guards can be seen on the wall behind the soldiers here.
P-47 Thunderbolt crashed in the Shropshire Union Canal at RAF Wheaton Aston
Lt Richard Dunlap was on a flight from the American air base at RAF Atcham near Shrewsbury when his engine failed at 3,000 feet. He attempted an emergency landing at RAF Wheaton Aston but undershot the ...