RAF Stafford Service Personnel on Parade
Service personnel from RAF Stafford are pictured marching along Victoria Road towards Stafford town centre. In the background amongst the trees is the County War Memorial and on the right Stafford Station ...
RAF Stafford TSW Personnel return from the Gulf War
Pictured are the first of the TSW (Tactical Supply Wing) personnel returning from the Gulf War. in this view they are arriving at RAF Stafford by Chinook helicopter from RAF Brize Norton. The main party ...
Rail Accident, Great Bridgeford,
Rescue operation after the derailment of a train.
Spectators can be seen behind the wooden fencing on the right of the photograph.
One of the first people that were at the scene of the accident ...
Railway Crew, Stafford,
Stafford Common Railway Station was built in 1867, to serve the Stafford to Uttoxeter line.
The station closed to passengers in 1939, but continued to carry freight. It closed completely in the 1970s....
Railway Hotel, Rugeley
Situated at the road junction by the Rugeley Trent Valley railway station entrance, the Railway Commercial Hotel is strictly speaking in Colton Parish. It was probably built around 1862-64. The proprietor ...
Ravenhill Farm, Brereton
Ravenhill Farm was situated on the opposite side of the road to Ravenhill House. Note the little boy on the horse's back in this group of farm workers, boys and working horses. This photo was given to ...
Reception Ward, Stafford Gaol
The reception ward was located in the gate-house (now demolished). This was where new prisoners arrived and were examined. The reception ward contained a warm and cold bath and an oven to fumigate clothing.
Here ...
Reclining figure
Pencil drawing by Great Haywood born artist Thomas Peploe Wood (1817-1845).
Recruits at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield
Royal Army Medical Corps new recruits pictured with officers at Whittington Barracks.
Second from right, middle row, is Neville Welch. He enlisted in the RAMC on 26 February 1934 and served as a ...
Red Cross Annual General Meeting and Awards Presentation, Stafford
Miss A L Green County Director, accompanied Viscountess Falmouth, who is pictured presenting the Coleman Cup for the best men’s first aid and nursing detachment, to Mr A Lander, Captain of the Staffs. ...
Red Cross Inspection, St. Leonard's Avenue, Stafford
Miss A. L. Green, County Director of the British Red Cross Society (in the centre), is accompanied by Miss A. Collier, Divisional Director (third from right), during an inspection of the Stafford Red ...
Red Cross Inspection, St. Leonard's Avenue, Stafford
Miss A. L. Green, County Director of the British Red Cross Society (third from the right), is accompanied by Miss A. Collier, Divisional Director (extreme right), during an inspection of the Stafford ...
Red Cross Nurses and volunteers, Uttoxeter area
Wartime group of Red Cross Nurses, volunteers and children. On the back row from left to right are: Miss Frank, Mr. S.H. Elkes, Miss J. Anderson, Miss Coxon, Miss Stone, Mrs Corden, Mrs Van-Blockland, ...
Red Cross Nurses on practice exercise, Uttoxeter
Red Cross Nurses carry a 'patient' into the Elkes' ambulance outside a heavily sandbagged building during a training exercise.
Red Cross Volunteer Ambulance Drivers, Stafford
This postcard view shows members of the British Red Cross Society, Staffs. No. 5, Volunteer Ambulance Drivers (VADs).
Mr Peter Griffiths has kindly provided some additional information:
"The man ...
Red Cross Volunteer Group, Eccleshall
Volunteer workers organised by the Red Cross in the grounds of a convalescent home for injured soldiers on Stone Road, Eccleshall.
Convalescent soldiers came to Eccleshall from St. Joseph's Hall ...
Red Cross Volunteer Group, Eccleshall
Volunteer workers organised by the Red Cross in the grounds of a convalescent home for injured soldiers on Stone Road, Eccleshall.
Convalescent soldiers came to Eccleshall from St. Joseph's Hall ...
Red Cross Volunteers, Eccleshall
Members of the Red Cross and soldiers in a field near Eccleshall Church.
The Red Cross is an international organisation, founded according to the Geneva Convention of 1864, for the treatment of those ...