WAACs, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A group of four Women's Auxiliary Army Corps members pictured at Brocton Camp. Seated right is Gladys Harvey of Rugeley who worked as a waitress in the camp canteen between 1917 and 1919.
WAAF Wing Voluntary Band, at RAF Hednesford camp
The band are pictured here with their great dane mascot.
No buildings remain on the site of the camp, but all of the original roadways are still present.
WAAFS Parade, Battle of Britain Week, Stafford,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) parade during Battle of Britain Week, seen here on Victoria Road, Stafford.
The Battle of Britain was a series of air raids by the German Air Force between June 1940 ...
Walter Robinson Handforth
Walter Robinson Handforth (1889-1956) of Hooly House, Ricardo Street, Dresden, Stoke on Trent, wearing the uniform of a Special Constable in Stoke on Trent City Police during World War II.
Walter Roy Handforth
A portrait of Walter Roy Handforth (1920-1980) wearing the uniform of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II. A portrait taken by William Williamson of Longton. He later became a barrister....
Walton-on-the-Hill Church, near Stafford
St. Thomas' Church, Walton-on-the-Hill, near Stafford was built in 1853 to designs by Little Haywood architect, Charles Trubshaw.
A postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford and postmarked ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Military Association in Hanley Shelton and Stoke
Revolutionary France had declared war with Great Britain in 1793.
Fears of a French invasion had been growing.
Resolved Unanimously
This notice ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
MILITIA
Fear of invasion by Napoleon's French army was growing in Great Britain in 1803.
In times like these men could be called upon by law to serve with the local militia or the general army.
Various ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The Battle of Leipzig
Document describing the emotional scenes between victorious leaders in the aftermath of Napoleon's most decisive defeat at Leipzig, Germany.
Nearing the end of the Napoleonic ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A Collection for the Heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar
Hand-written subscription notice for a collection to assist the wounded soldiers, widows and orphans in the wake of the Battle of Trafalgar.
The ...
War Memorial , Market Place, Uttoxeter
Behind the Memorial are the White Horse Hotel, Pratt's Art Shop, a W.H. Smith and Son van and a Stevenson's bus. The Memorial was carved by Robert Bridgman & Sons of Lichfield, and was unveiled in 1928 ...
War Memorial and Lychgate, Wetley Rocks
This postcard view shows Wetley Rocks War Memorial and the lychgate in the grounds of St. John the Baptist Church, Wetley Rocks. In the background on the left is the Village School and on the right there ...
War Memorial and Recreation Grounds, Cheadle
This is the first version of Cheadle's first World War I memorial. It consisted of a captured German field gun mounted on a plinth set in a Memorial Garden. It was inaugurated in 1921.
It has not been ...
War Memorial and Shoulder of Mutton, Barton under Needwood
The Shoulder of Mutton is a Grade II listed building dating from the late 18th century but much altered. The timber farmed cottage is also Grade II listed and dates from the late 17th Century. The stone ...
War Memorial and St Mary's Church, Uttoxeter,