Soldiers and WAACs at Brocton Military Camp,
Four members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) with a sergeant from the Army Service Corps (ASC). On the front row are two officers and a young boy. The officer on the right holds a Staffordshire ...
Soldiers at Alton Towers
A group of soldiers at Alton Towers in May 1944.
During the Second World War Alton Towers was used as a centre for training officers of different regiments for specific tasks.
Most of these men ...
Soldiers at Brocton Camp
Standing on the right is Ernest Whaley, who was with the 53rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment at this stage of the War. He later joined the Middlesex Regiment .
Soldiers at Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Some of the occupants of Hut 35, "H" Lines in January 1917. They are Leicester and South Staffordshire Regiment soldiers and most wear the vertical gold stripe on the left cuff which indicates a wound ...
Soldiers at Devil's Bridge Camp
Postcard sent on 3rd August 1912 by Frank Davis to Annie Turner at High Park Lodge, Patshull, near Pattingham.
Identification of persons would be welcomed by Pattingham Local History Society.
Soldiers at Peach's Maltings, Burton upon Trent
6th North Staffordshire Regiment Billeting at R. Peach & Co.'s Crown Maltings, Anglesey Road, Burton Upon Trent. Local troops standing with horses, which were being used for transporting small arms ammunition ...
Soldiers at Rugeley Camp
At the time this postcard picture was taken, the numbers of Army volunteers had started to dry up and conscription had been brought in. Before being allocated to a Regiment the recruits were given a cap ...
Soldiers at Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Military and civilian staff oustide one of the barrack huts at Rugeley Camp.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. During the First World War two military camps ...
Soldiers departing for war, Derby Street, Leek
View of local soldiers heading off for World War I.
Soldiers from Stone
Three soldiers, all of whom lived on Newcastle Road, Stone, and served in the Great War.
At the back is Private George Sansom of the North Staffordshire Regiment, who lived at 99 Newcastle Road. Seated ...
Soldiers' Home, nr Whittington Barracks
This building was formerly the Grandstand for the Lichfield Racecourse. The canopied balcony and raked roof overlooked the water jump! Between 1895 and 1955 the building provided recreational facilities ...
Soldiers in Rugeley,
Soldiers driving along Upper Brook Street during the winter of 1939-40.
Soldier's letter, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
In this view is page one of a two page letter sent from Private Joseph Bean to a friend who lived in Grimsby. At the time of writing the letter Pte. Bean was stationed at Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase. ...
Soldiers of Military Police TA unit, Bloxwich
Seven police officers in Territorial Army uniform looking at a map.
Soldiers on Cannock Chase
Three soldiers on the northern side of Cannock Chase during the First World war. This location is probably one of the main tracks leading down to the Sherbrook Valley. The soldiers would have been stationed ...
Soldiers on Cannock Chase
As the First World War progressed, the idea that the cavalry would play an important part on the Western Front was soon dashed as it became a stalemate of trench warfare. It is difficult to locate the ...
Soldiers on Milford Common,
A group of eight soldiers posing informally on Milford Chase, observed by two small boys. In the background can be seen the Satnall Hills.
During the First World War two military camps were built ...
Soldiers returning from the Boer War, Armitage
Soldiers walking with their horses towards the photographer along New Road, Armitage. They are possibly Staffordshire Yeomanry returning from the Boer War, via Armitage Station.
This image is taken ...