English Electric Co., Stafford and the Ministry of Supply
English Electric staff and a Ministry of Supply employee are pictured during a visit to the Stafford Works. In the 1940s representatives from the Ministry of Supply were regular visitors to the factory. ...
English Electric Co., War Memorial, at GE Stafford
This photograph shows the English Electric Co., War Memorial on its new site with the GE (General Electric) Transformer offices and factory in the background. This picture is reproduced by kind permission ...
Entrace to W.T.A. Hostel, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
The W.T.A. (Workers' Travel Association) offered factory workers the chance of affordable holidays.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just ...
Eric Jones in Egypt
Eric Jones is second from the left in this photograph of RAF service personnel by a Lysander aircraft in Heliopolis, Egypt.. If you recognise anyone else in this view please contact us.
Norman Eric ...
Eric Jones with RAF service personnel at Cosford
Eric Jones is pictured on the left of the front row along with RAF service personnel at the end of their final training course at Cosford. If you recognise anyone else in this view please contact us.
Norman ...
Eric Jones with RAF service personnel in Egypt
Eric Jones is pictured on the back row 7th from the left in this photograph of RAF service personnel which was taken in Heliopolis, Egypt. If you recognise anyone else in this view please contact us.
Norman ...
Eric Jones with RAF service personnel in Italy
Eric Jones is pictured on the left of the front row along with RAF service personnel when they were in Italy. If you recognise anyone else in this view please contact us.
Norman Eric Jones was known ...
Ernie Hazlehurst in North Africa
Ernie Hazlehurst of Stone is pictured on the right in North Africa. Ernie was a builder by trade but also played football on several occasions in 1923 for Port Vale Football Club and later for Stone ...
Evacuee at Onecote
Evacuee Peter Allen with his host Mrs Smith at Fields Farm, Onecote. Peter was originally from Forest Gate in London and was initially evacuated to Sea Palling in Norfolk. After a few months he was evacuated ...
Evacuees arriving at Caverswall School
A group of evacuees from Longsight, Manchester arriving at Caverswall School at the start of the Second World War. In the foreground are Alan and Nora Garside. Alan, then aged 7, was billeted with the ...
Evacuees at Church Cottage, Seighford
Sisters Joan and Pat (last name unknown) were evacuees from Ramsgate, Kent. They stayed with the Breeze family at Church Cottage in Seighford for two or three years during the Second World War.
Left ...
Evacuees at Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 47 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordnance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945.
An article on evacuees ...
Fatal Wartime Creswell Plane Crash ( External web site link )
In the English summer of 1944, an American aircraft crashed at Creswell, Stafford, killing the pilot. The plane was piloted by 25-year old USAAF Captain John Pershing Perrin, DFC, who lost his life in ...
Fauld explosion crater
An aerial view of the crater at Fauld, near Hanbury.
On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in ...
Fauld explosion, The Cock Inn, Hanbury
On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in a disused gypsum mine.
Upper Castle Hayes Farm was completely ...
Fighter Plane, Hixon Airfield
Curtis Tomahawk 1686 Bomber training Flight, whose job was to simulate enemy fighters to train bomber crews to defend their aircraft. The flight was formed in July 1943 and disbanded in August 1944.
The ...
Fire Engine, Codsall
Codsall Auxillary Fire Service Tender and Crew at The Terrace, Oaken. The Auxiliary Fire Service was created in July 1938 to assist the Fire Brigade during wartime.
Fire helmet and breathing apparatus
This is a metal Auxillary Fire Service helmet. It is painted red with BRWP Crewe painted on the front. It has a chin strap and adjustable skull protection. Max diameter (rim): 305mm.
The breathing ...