Leek Battery leaving for France
3rd Leek Battery passing William Sugden's Sanders Building, occupied at the time by J. Mears. On horseback is Lt. Arthur Falkner Nicholson, who was later wounded in action.
Leek Volunteers going to War, Lowe Hill, Leek
The Leek Battery set off to join the war effort right at the start of World War I.
Lichfield Home Guard, Lichfield
Lichfield Home Guard pictured outside King Edward VI School in Lichfield,
The man sitting 4th from the left on the front row (with the moustache) is Edward Alfred Geoffrey 'EAG' Marlar, who was also ...
Lifeguards outside Odeon Cinema, Stafford,
Two mounted lifeguards outside the Odeon Cinema on Newport Road, advertising the film 'They Robbed the Bank of England'.
Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, South Staffordshire Home Guard on Cannock Chase
Lt. Col. R.A. Davies, Commanding Officer of the 29th Battalion (West Bromwich) South Staffordshire Regiment Home Guard. Richard Arthur Davies was born in Liverpool in 1886. He studied at Liverpool University ...
Lt. Colonel Johnson’s Belt Buckle
Lt. Colonel Johnson served in the North Staffordshire Regiment for over seventeen years, and had seen action in South Africa before serving in World War One.
In September 1914 he was selected to train ...
Lt. Maurice Procter, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A portrait of Maurice Procter, taken around 1947 as a Lieutenant in the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was conscripted in December 1944 into the regular Army after being a Sergeant in the Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
Lt. Richard Byrd Levett, Milford Hall
Richard William Byrd Levett (1897-1917) was heir to Milford Hall and was killed in action on 10 March 1917 at Bapaume, on the Somme, while serving in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the First World ...
Major & Mrs J.L. Meakin, The Laurels, Stone
Portraits of Constance Evelyn Meakin and her husband Major James Lionel Meakin.
Major James Lionel Meakin (1874-1940) was educated at Uppingham School and was a Major in the 5th North Staffordshire ...
Market Place on Coronation Day, Uttoxeter
Crowds stand near the kiosk in Market Place and watch as soldiers in dress uniform prepare to fire a military salute on George V's Coronation Day. The scene was captured from a first floor room near to ...
Marquis of Anglesey
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey, was born in 1768 and died in 1854. The Paget family home was Beaudesert, which stood on the south-eastern edge of Cannock Chase.
He fought in Flanders, ...
Member of the Girls Training Corp, Stonefield Park, Stone
Mary Smith is pictured here in her Girls Training Corp uniform. Stone Girls Training Corp was founded by Mrs Wenger of Aston, Stone, who was also the commanding officer there. The headquarters were at ...
Members of the National Reserve Volunteers, Uttoxeter
Men in uniform outside the Reform Tavern, Woodseaves
Men in military uniform, possibly a military band, standing outside the Reform Tavern in Woodseaves. The landlord at the time was Charles Husselbee.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves.
Metal Disk Spurs, WW1
These spurs were used by Lt. Colonel Harry Johnson.
When the First World War broke out in he was selected to train the 2nd/5th Battalion at Butterton Hall. In 1917 he was sent to France but was captured ...
Michael Sutty, Designer and Sculptor of Porcelain, Stoke on Trent
Pictured is a Royal Scots Greys Bandmaster, c. 1914, from a series of British Military Musicians created by Michael Sutty, who specialised in fine bone china sculptures of military and naval figures, ...
Military Band, Rugeley
A regimental band pictured at a concert in Rugeley during World War 1. The musicians were troops based at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase.
Military Band, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The military band of the 16th (Reserve) battalion of the Durham Light Infantry pictured outside a building at Rugeley camp. The 16th were based at Rugeley Camp from November 1915.