1/6 South Staffords in the trenches, France
On the outbreak of war in August 1914, the 1/6th South Staffords, the T.A. Battalion for the Wolverhampton area, was mobilised and moved with the rest of the 46th (North Midland) Division to Luton. In ...
1st Battalion South Staffords, Whittington Barracks
1st South Staffords embussing at Nicosia
The South Staffords in this picture were just starting a difficult posting in Cyprus. Troops (including a large number of National Servicemen) were sent out to help the Cypriot police maintain law and ...
1st South Staffords in the Boer War, Port Elizabeth
This photograph was taken at Port Elizabeth during the Boer War. The British Army had recently changed the uniform colour to khaki, to better camouflage the soldiers in the South African landscape. ...
1st South Staffords on parade with the Regimental Colours, Lichfield
This photograph was taken on the occasion of the Reception of Colours in Lichfield Cathedral.
1st South Staffords resting at Ghent, France
The Battalion disembarked in Belgium on 6th October and here are moving up to stem the German advance. Included in the group are, Captain JF Vallentin, 2Lt. Archer-Shee, Capt GS Bonner, Capt JSS Durlon, ...
1st South Staffords return from foreign service, Lichfield
A snapshot of the 1st South Staffords in the Market Place at Lichfield, after their return from foreign service, probably in Khartoum.
1st South Staffords' return from Minden, Germany
Soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment arriving at Lichfield Trent Valley Railway Station from Minden, German, prior to being posted to the Canal Zone in Egypt. Corporal Thompson is pictured here ...
2nd South Staffords being inspected by Churchill and Eisenhower
5th South Staffords camp at Oldfields Hall, Uttoxeter
The Annual camp for the Territorial Army was then (as it is now) an important period of training. It was the only time in the year when the territorial soldiers came together for a period of two weeks ...
A parade at Mena Camp, Cairo
2nd South Staffords on parade at Mena Camp, Cairo.
Through its history the Staffordshire Regiment has been involved in many campaigns and wars and has been stationed in many parts of the world. Formerly ...
A search on the road, Palestine, 1st S.S
The 1st South Staffords were one of the units who were sent to Palestine in the 1930s to assist in repressing Arab terrorists.
Through its history the Staffordshire Regiment has been involved in many ...
A view of the 1st South Staffordshire's camp in Hong Kong
The Battalion was sent to Hong Kong in 1949, when it was feared that the Colony might be attacked by the Chinese Communists. On arrival they were the first occupants of a tented camp erected at ‘Wilson ...
Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford
Lithograph print. A caricature of Charles Wightwick Finch, 8th Earl of Aylesford (1851–1924) by 'Ao' published in Vanity Fair (no date). The family seat was Packington Hall in Warwickshire . He married, ...
Civic goodbye to the 6th South Staffords, Wolverhampton
Digging Trenches, Saffron Walden
On the outbreak of war in August 1914, the 1/6th South Staffords, the T.A. Battalion for the Wolverhampton area, was mobilised and moved with the rest of the 46th (North Midland) Division to Luton. In ...
German propeller blade recovered in Hartlepool
This photograph shows the propeller blade from the German airship which was brought down in flames at West Hartlepool on a November night in 1916. The propeller blade was recovered from the sea by the ...
Guard mounting, Battalion Headquarters, Hamm, Germany
2nd Battalion South Staffords were moved from Norway to Germany after the War was over, as part of the occupation force (British Army of the Rhine).