Blood donors, Heath House Auxiliary Hospital, Tean
Volunteer blood donors being attended to by nurses at Heath House, near Tean. With the support of the Phillips family, Heath House was used as a Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital between 1941 and 1946.
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Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
The twelve main Wards of the Hospital were connected at the rear by a long corridor that allowed patients and staff to access and exit without having to be exposed to inclement weather. The two soldiers ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
This postcard was sent by a nurse working at the hospital and she has marked with a cross where her Ward was, which was No. 11. Further down the main track you can see the flagpole which was at the entrance ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
The caption For this photograph was "Farewell to Matron" and she is beaming as she is waved off by staff and patients along the main driveway in front of the wards. Above the windscreen can be seen one ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
Nurses and convalescing soldiers in the snow at Brindley Heath Hospital. The Ministry of Pensions Hospital at Brindley Heath on Cannock Chase. The Military Hospital was built in 1916 to serve both Brocton ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
An interesting view of part of Brindley Hospital which was also known as Rugeley Camp Hospital even though it served both Camps. The motor vehicle is parked outside the Mortuary Block, the building behind ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
This postcard view looks south from Rugeley Camp towards Brindley Heath Hospital which can be seen on the left amongst the trees. The Hospital was also known as Rugeley Hospital even though it served ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
These were the Officers Quarters belonging to the Royal Army Medical Corps stationed at Rugeley Hospital on Cannock Chase. Behind these buildings was the Officers' Mess and Ablutions. These huts were ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
This is an inside view of one of the main wards which were roughly the length of three standards huts joined together. At one end was the main corridor that linked all the main wards and principal rooms, ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
The Wards, like the huts, were lined with a type of asbestos as a form of insulation. You can still find the brick bases where the stoves for heating would have stood. There were apparently three stoves ...
Brindley Village, Cannock Chase
The Ministry of Pensions Hospital at Brindley Heath on Cannock Chase. The Military Hospital was built in 1916 to serve both Brocton and Rugeley army training camps. The hospital had twelve wards with ...
Burton Red Cross, Wychnor Park
The Burton branch of the British Red Cross Society at a Staffordshire Yeomanry field day held at Wychnor Park. Red Cross members are practicing treating 'patients', played by local Scouts. The Medical ...
Burton Red Cross, Wychnor Park
The Burton branch of the British Red Cross Society at a Staffordshire Yeomanry field day held at Wychnor Park. Seated in the middle of the front row are Hugh Charrington and Mrs Charrington, who was ...
Clayton Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Clayton Hall originally belonged to the Lovatt family, who were local landowners.
The Hall was used as a family home for nearly one hundred years until 1939, when it was taken over during the Second ...
Collecting for Hospital Saturday during World War 1, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This horse-drawn float carries a group of girls all dressed as 'Allied' countries.
They are beleived to be collecting for Hospital Saturday.
Convalescent soldiers, Cheadle
A group of soldiers on leave in standing outside Cheadle Town Hall. Most appear to be wearing 'Hospital Blues'. The poster in the archway advertises the Osborne Cinema.
The Town Hall was built in ...
Convalescing soldiers, Ravenhill House, Brereton
Ravenhill House had been briefly unoccupied when, in March 1915, the War Office intimated that Lady Zouche had offered the house as a V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detached) Hospital to be operated by the Red ...
German Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase
The German Military Cemetery on Cannock Chase was first opened to the public on 10 June 1967. It was established under the terms of an agreement of 16 October 1959 between the governments of the United ...