5th Marquis of Anglesey
Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey (1875-1905). Educated at Eton College, Henry Paget succeeded to his father's estates in 1898 shortly after his marriage to his cousin Lilian. The Marquis was ...
Bill Coltman VC, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Lance Corporal 'Bill' Coltman VC, pictured at the presentation of the Freedom of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme to the Staffordshire Regiment in 1973. He is pictured outside the Civic Offices in ...
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 ...
Carpenters and Sherwood Foresters at Brocton Military Camp
The soldiers being trained at the two military camps on Cannock Chase lived in prefabricated huts. These huts were under construction from late 1914 and were largely built by civilian workmen who were ...
George Taylor, Foreman on the Military Railway, Cannock Chse
George Taylor was foreman of the gang who laid the military railway track from Hednesford to Rugeley Camp. He was apparently a tough character and was in charge of the Irish workers who had to complete ...
M and N line huts along Old Acre Valley, Brocton Military Camp
This view of Brocton camp shows two types of accommodation hut, those for officers and those for enlisted men. The officers each had their own stove and the photograph shows the hut in the foreground ...
Notts & Derby Regiment soldier, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A bandsman of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment pictured outside a hut at Brocton Camp. This young man is proud to send home his portrait in full bandsman uniform and is informing his mother, ...
NZRB soldiers, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Three unidentified New Zealand Rifle Brigade soldiers pictured in a photograph taken at a local studio to be sent back home to loved ones. The local photographers must have had been kept very busy with ...
Our halfway holiday, Brocton Military Camp
This view of a group of young trainees at Brocton camp shows the single stove located in the centre of each hut. The ordinary soldiers had to share their stove whereas the officers each had their own ...
Soldiers and Hotel, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A group of soldiers pictured in front of 'Hotel Cecil'.
No doubt many of the huts would have daubed with a name by soldiers to make their mark. These men are all from the same regiment and even though ...
Soldiers on Milford Common,
A group of eight soldiers posing informally on Milford Chase, observed by two small boys. In the background can be seen the Satnall Hills.
During the First World War two military camps were built ...
Soldiers, Cannock Chase
A group of soldiers from the West Yorkshire Regiment outside their hut at Rugeley Camp or Brocton Camp. Battalions of the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) were stationed at Rugeley Camp ...
Wedding of NZRB soldier and Staffordshire girl
When the New Zealand Rifle Brigade came to Brocton Camp in 1917 they had quite an impact on the local area and were well liked. Some, like this soldier, married local girls. The card was sent from Sam ...