Armistice Day 1918, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A German Prisoner of War is hoisting the Union Jack on the YMCA Hut ,which is probably one of the two along Penkridge Bank Road. A large number of the PoWs were sent out to do work in the area to undertake ...
Commonwealth War Cemetery, Cannock Chase
This colour-tinted postcard is titled 'The German cemetery', although it actually shows the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase. It was known locally as the 'German cemetery' ...
Commonwealth War Cemetery, Cannock Chase
This postcard is titled 'The German cemetery', although it actually shows the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase. It was known locally as the 'German cemetery' until the creation ...
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Broadhurst Green, Cannock Chase
The majority of the graves belong to Servicemen from both sides of the conflict who died within the Cannock Chase Camps. The majority of the men were either German Prisoners of War or New Zealanders and ...
Cook's staff and Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
There was a Prisoner of War Camp at Brocton Camp from 1917 to 1919. Five of the twenty Battalion Lines were used to house the German prisoners. Each Battalion Line had its own Cookhouse and there was ...
Drama Performed by German prisoners of War at Brocton Camp
German Prisoners of War taking part in a theatrical production at Brocton Camp. The play, by a Norwegian author, deals with the impact of the collapse of a business empire in a small town on the Norwegian ...
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 ...
German Prisoners of War Band, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The German PoWs were kept busy with work but were also allowed time for relaxation and entertainment. The PoW Camp personnel provided numerous trades such as dentistry, tailoring, watch making, shoemakers, ...
German Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
As the stalemate of the trench warfare on the Western Front was starting to be broken, more German Prisoners of War were being captured and they needed to be housed. Brocton was chosen for a number of ...
Messines Model, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Looking north across the scaled terrain model of the Battle of Messines at Brocton Camp. The New Zealand Rifle Brigade took part in the successful campaign to take the Messines Ridge, a stronghold on ...
Military Cemetery, Broadhurst Green, Cannock Chase
Photograph possibly taken on the first ANZAC Day observance at the Military Cemetery at Broadhurst Green.
Written upon the crosses it states New Zealand Rifle Brigade and also New Zealand Expeditionary ...
Prisoner of War Camp, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
These are Royal Defence Corps Guards for the PoW Camp and have differing cap badges. The Corps was comprised of men unfit for front-line duties due to age or infirmity and they were used to defend bridges, ...
Prisoner of War postcard, Peak Dale, Stockport
A photograph of the reverse of a postcard sent by a German Prisoner of War named Ebermann who was based at a Working Camp at Peak Dale, near Stockport. Brocton Camp was the Parent Camp for a number of ...
Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The former Regimental Institutes of "A" and "B" Lines were used for entertainment of various kinds by the Prisoners of War, including theatre, as they were the larger of the huts and suitable for this ...
Sand and gravel pit, Chase Road, Cannock Chase
This is a view of the former sand and gravel pit at the top of Chase Road as you come out of Brocton. It was probably taken from what is now Chase Vista car park. Before the extraction of the aggregates ...
Sand and gravel pit, Chase Road, Cannock Chase
This photograph was taken in 1982 and is the entrance to the gravel quarry near the top of Chase Road coming up the hill from Brocton. It is now a quiet area set aside for wildlife but before vast quantities ...