Second Contingent Tamworth Volunteers, Tamworth Castle Courtyard
The Second Contingent of Tamworth Volunteers, who served in the South African War during 1901, taken in the courtyard of Tamworth Castle. On the front row are, Col. Sergt. S. Pownell, Privates; W. Harvey, ...
Section of the Stafford Battery, Royal Field Artillery
The location of this photograph is uncertain, but presumably in the environs of Stafford. The first recruit to be sworn in at Stafford after the Declaration of War (August 1914) was Gunner Y.N.D. Avery, ...
Sergeant-Instructor Allchin, Rugeley
A postcard portrait of Sergeant-Instructor George Allchin who was born in East Malling, Kent in 1814. This photograph was taken in his 92nd year, not long before his death in 1907. At the time of this ...
Sergeant-Major Bloor, Home Guard, Cheddleton
Sergeant-Major Percy Bloor in his Home Guard uniform, back garden of Bankside, Cronny Bank, Cheddleton.
Percy Bloor's time with the Home Guard, as told to his grandson Peter Bloor by Percy’s son Roger ...
Sergeants Staffordshire Royal Artillery, Stafford
On the left is Francis Herbert Clarke who won the Military Cross as a Second Lieutenant in the 124th Battalion of the Royal Field Artillery on the 20th of August 1918, east of Vieux Berqun. He was killed ...
Setting up a Volunteer Corps - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The Defence and Preservation of KING and Country
Printed public notice announcing the resolutions from a meeting that took place in the Legs of Man in Burslem on July 28th, 1803.
A number of businessmen ...
Seven Stars, Seisdon
The Seven Stars stands on the corner of Fox Road and Tinker's Castle Road. The landlord at the time of this photograph was Stephen Brown. This building was demolished and a new pub was built by Ansell's ...
Sharp Brothers and Knight War Memorial, Burton-upon-Trent
Memorial to the workers from Sharp Brothers and Knight joinery manufacturers killed in the two world wars. Originally displayed on the factory building, the two memorial plaques were later remounted on ...
Shaw Place, VE Day. Leek
Residents of Shaw Place, a cul-de-sac off Buxton Road, pictured celebrating Victory in Europe Day in 1945. The houses were built in the 1920s.
In the left hand group, standing, are Joyce Harding (2nd ...
Sherbrook Vale, Cannock Chase
Sherbrook Valley runs through the heart of Cannock Chase following the Sherbrook, falling gently from the top of the Chase by the German and Commonwealth Military Cemeteries down to Milford.
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Sherbrook Vale, Milford
Sherbrook Valley on Cannock Chase.
On the reverse is a message from a friend to Robert C. Dale at Eton College in 1905. In 1914 Robert went to Canada but at the outbreak of war returned to Europe ...
Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase
Sherbrook Valley runs through the heart of Cannock Chase following the Sherbrook, falling gently from the top of the Chase by the German and Commonwealth Military Cemeteries down to Milford.
Sherbrook Valley, near Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This photograph was probably taken close to the head of Sherbrook Valley, before Gospel Place. There is a healthy
flow in the Sherbrook. No huts appear on the skyline but just around the corner to the ...
Ship's bell, Beaudesert,
This bell stood near the shop at the Guide camp at Beaudesert.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Evacuee schoolboys having a beekeeping lesson at Shooting Butts.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Interior of Warwick Dormitory 2 at Shooting Butts.
In the photograph are Peter Churchill, Reg Walker, Mstr Shooter, Mstr Eustace, Mstr Newly, Colin Watts.
The names of the 2 masters at the were ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Sewing lesson at Shooting Butts.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp School for girls at Pipewood, ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Evacuee boys setting off for a gardening class at Shooting Butts School.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also ...