Victory celebrations, Frobisher Hall, Swynnerton
Mary Wayte (third from left) with performers in a 'V for Victory' show held at Frobisher Hall.
Frobisher Hall was a hostel for workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton during and just after ...
Victory Celebrations, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone,
The closing room decorated to celebrate victory at the end of the First World War.
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. The cutting room was where the various shapes required ...
Video presentation of the Messines Terrain Model, Cannock Chase
It has long been known that there was a Great War terrain model on Cannock Chase, indeed there are documents, photographic records, and oral histories to prove it existed. However, it was not until a ...
View from Messines Ridge, Belgium
Painting, oil on board by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). A view of countryside, the site of the Battle of Messines Ridge in June 1917.
This painting was commissioned for 'The Fields of Battle 1914-18; ...
View from Messines Ridge, Belgium
Drawing, charcoal and ink on paper by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). Landscape Sketch made at the site of the Battle of Messines, Belgium.
Commissioned for 'The Fields of Battle 1914-18 - Paintings and ...
View from near the Glacial Boulder, Cannock Chase
Painting, oil on board by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). This area of Cannock Chase was occupied by Brocton Camp, one of two army training camps on Cannock Chase during the First World War.
This painting ...
View from Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A general view from the Camps showing how open the landscape was at the time and how bleak the men found it during the winter months. Being on a raised plateau the biting winds can be inhospitable almost ...
View from Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A general view from the perimeter of Rugeley Camp. This appears be Sherbrook Valley descending away from the Camp. The far side of the valley is now covered in Forestry Commission plantations.
View near Rifle range Corner, Cannock Chase
Painting, oil on board by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). This area of Cannock Chase was occupied by rifle ranges associated with the two army training camps which occupied Cannock Chase during the First World ...
View near the Glacial Boulder, Cannock Chase
Drawing, charcoal and ink on paper by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). Sketch made at Brocton Camp site on Cannock Chase, one of the First World War army training camps on Cannock Chase.
Commissioned for ...
View of Brocton Military Camp,
Postcard of Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase. Note the training equipment in the field behind the cottage.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. during the First ...
View of the east end of the Garrison Church, Whittington Barracks, nr Lichfield
The North Staffordshire Regiment always sit on the right hand side of the Garrison Church, with the South Staffordshire Regiment on the left, as the two banners that can be seen on the wall indicate. ...
View on Cannock Chase
Drawing, charcoal and ink on paper by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). Sketch made at Brocton Camp site on Cannock Chase, one of the First World War army training camps on Cannock Chase.
Commissioned for ...
View on Cannock Chase, near Rifle Range Corner
Drawing, charcoal and ink on paper by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). Sketch made at Rifle Range site on Cannock Chase, near First World War army training camps on Cannock Chase.
Commissioned for 'The ...
Village Green, Brocton
From Brocton Green, looking along Pool Lane. On the left (white building) is a former WW1 hut which became a home and remained until well into the 21st Century.
Published by Midland View Company, ...
Village War Memorial, Abbots Bromley
The village war memorial sits in the apex of the triangular green in the centre of Abbots Bromley, not far from the historic Buttercross (visible in the background of this view). The memorial takes the ...
Village war memorial, Barton-under-Needwood
The village war memorial, sitting on a triangular piece of ground just outside the church, takes the form of a tall, ornate cross on a pedestal. Inscribed metal plaques, bearing the names of the local ...
Vincent Holt, Rugeley Camp
Vincent Holt of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the piano, in one of the huts at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. He was the son of James Holt(lockmaker)and Fanny Holt(nee Foster) of Willenhall, ...