Private John 'Jack' Joyce, 212681 Royal Army Service Corps. Born 1909
John was born 6th October 1909 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. He married Elleanor Annie Thorley, pictured with two of their sons, on 26th September 1942. John and Elleanor had six children.
John ...
Proclamation of King George V, Market Place, Leek
The town's fire brigade and local militia stand in the Market Place holding back the crowds who are waiting to hear the royal proclamation
Proclamation of King George V, Rugeley
This postcard picture shows the crowds gathered for the Proclamation of King George V at 7 o’clock on 11 May 1910 in front of the Town Hall, Rugeley. George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British ...
Proclamation of the Accession of George V, Stone
The proclamation is being read from the portable bandstand in Granville Square.
The thatched building on the left is the Crown and Anchor Inn.
Proclamation of the accession of King George V, Hednesford
Following the death of his father, Edward VII, a ceremony to proclaim George V as King took place on the front lawn of the Anglesey Hotel, Hednesford in May 1910. This postcard photograph shows the proclamation ...
Procter family, Stoke-on-Trent
A studio portrait of Beatrice and Percy Procter with their children Reginald and Geoffrey. The photograph was taken while Percy Procter was either on leave from the Western Front in France or about to ...
Prospective recruits visit RAF Stafford
Prospective candidates considering making a career in the RAF are shown around the RAF Stafford site. In the background there is a Gloster Javelin aircraft with a Firestreak air to air missile and on ...
Public Dinner - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Organising a Public Dinner for the local volunteer corps
Hand-written letter seeking subscriptions from local businessmen for a public dinner in honour of the Longport Volunteer Corps "return from ...
Publications, 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 ...
Quarry workers, Rudyard
Quarry workers removing a large stone from Whorrocks Bank quarry in 1887. It was later used as the stone for Rudyard's war memorial, installed for Queen Voctoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. It commemorates ...
Quartermaster's staff, Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield
Members of the North Staffordshire Regiment Quartermaster's staff pictured at Whittington Barracks.
Back row (left to right): G. Ormsby, A. Landon, C. Brightman, J. Hammer, K. Copestake, D. Roden.
Front ...
Quartermaster's staff, 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 ...
Queen Elizabeth II's Visit to Stafford
Queen Elizabeth II ascending the staircase in County Buildings. With her is the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Harold Wallace-Copeland. Following on behind is Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh....
Queen Mary's Army Ambulance Corps pictured at Whittington Barracks
During the First World War there was a miliatary hospital in the Barracks.
Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Stafford,
The Market Square decorated with flags.
Victoria's Golden Jubilee was marked by the erection of a fountain, designed by Councillor Wormald, which survived until 1934.
Queen's Gardens, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An afternoon's entertainment is pictured here in the Queen's Gardens.
The band in the bandstand is that of the Staffordshire Regiment. The Gardens were laid out in 1897 on land that had been bought ...
Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry at Shugborough
The presentation by Queen Elizabeth II of a new guidon to the Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry at Shugborough Hall, 6 June 1980.
Watercolour painting by Ken Howard, dated 6 June 1980.
R.A. Officers with King George VI, Lichfield
King George VI is here pictured with Officers from the Royal Artillery North Staffs.