Back of the Golf House, Brocton, Cannock Chase
A couple are seen walking down the narrow track at the rear of the Cannock Chase Golf Course Clubhouse which is now a private home. The Golf Club moved to their present location at Brocton Hall in 1922. ...
Bath hut remains, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Remains of shower trays from cubicles in a World War 1 bath hut at Rugeley Camp.
Bath hut remains, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The footings for a World War 1 bath hut at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase, near the White House. The young woman is pointing out the bases of shower trays.
Battalion National Anthem, NZRB, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This verse appears to refer to The "Dinks" - the New Zealand Rifle Brigade that served at Brocton Camp. The wording suggests they will not be stationed there much longer. They arrived at Brocton in September ...
Bednall School
The school was built in 1856 by public subscription, the principle benefactor being Lord Hatherton. It was designed to take upto 20 children, both boys and girls. Until 1920 the school was the focal ...
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 ...
Boys Brigade Parade, near Cannock
A Boys Brigade parade near Cannock town centre. In the distance to the right can be seen the tower of St.Luke's Church.
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 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
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
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
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 is the main entrance to the Brindley Hospital Site with the admission building half way down the main roadway on the left in between the twelve wards blocks. The sign by the entrance mentions the ...
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 Valley, Cannock Chase
This is Brindley Heath Road in 1980, one of a number of photographs Jake Whitehouse took of locations that feature in postcards from the Great War era. This is the route that the military railway took ...
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 ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The soldiers pushing their bikes are just passing the Post Office on their left. It took a while for it to be set up and until then they would have had to join the long queue in Milford Post Office to ...