Soldiers, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A group of soldiers of the Royal Artillery pictured outisde their hut in Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase.
Soldiers, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A group of soldiers pictured outside a hut at Rugeley Camp. In the front row, seated 4th from left is a soldier wearing the uniform of the North Staffordshire Regiment. Most of the others are Durham ...
Soldiers, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A group of officers from various regiments, including two from the South Staffordshire Regiment. Soldiers from the South Staffordshire Regiment were stationed at Rugeley Camp from October 1915.
Soldiers, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Soldiers wearing the uniform of the West Yorkshire Regiment. Battalions of the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) were stationed at Rugeley Camp from August 1915.
Souvenir postcard, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A postcard published by J. Salmon of Sevenoaks, Kent. On the reverse is written "To Mother & Father from Thomas."
Souvenir postcard, Cannock Chase
A photograph copy of a novelty postcard sent by a soldier based at either Brocton Camp or Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase during World War 1.
Souvenir postcard, Cannock Chase
A copy photograph of a novelty postcard with the caption "For gootness sake go back! Here kom der Yorks & Lancs.". Sent by a soldier from the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment from Cannock Chase during ...
Souvenir postcard, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A souvenir postcard with a verse "To the Children at Home", publsihed by T.H. Pemberton, Leigh Street, Burslem. Sent by Harry Varley from Rugeley Camp to his little sister, Doreen, in York.
Souvenir postcard, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A novelty postcard with the caption "There's some fine lassies aboot here at Rugeley". Published by Photochrom Co. Ltd., London and Tunbridge Wells, in their 'Celesque' series.
Souvenir postcard, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A number of generic novelty cards were created that could be used at any training camp in the country. All the supplier had to do either overprint or or write in the location.
This postcard was published ...
Station Road, Milford
Two horse drawn vehicles cross the bridge over the River Sow and approach the bridge above the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. A third bridge in the distance takes the road over the London & North ...
Tackeroo Express song, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The origin of this song is unknown but was written for the men who travelled on the 'Tackeroo' to work at Rugeley Camp. The origin of the name comes from a district of Hednesford where the railway line ...
The Messines Ridge Model, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A view of the scaled terrain model of the Battle of Messines at Brocton Camp. When the New Zealand Rifle Brigade left Brocton Camp in 1919 they presented the Messines Ridge Model to the local town of ...
Uniform badges, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Photograph of two textile badges from the uniform belonging to Gladys Harvey: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Army Service Corps. Rugeley born Gladys Harvey was enrolled on 13 September 1917 and discharged ...
View from Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A general view from the Camps showing how open the landscape was at the time and how bleak the men found it during the winter months. Being on a raised plateau the biting winds can be inhospitable almost ...
W.A.A.C.s, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A portrait photograph of two women in Women's Auxiliary Army Corps uniforms at Brocton Camp. Seated is Gladys Harvey (1894-1977) from Rugeley who was a W.A.A.C. between 1917 and 1919 and worked as a waitress ...
WAACs, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A group of four Women's Auxiliary Army Corps members pictured at Brocton Camp. Seated right is Gladys Harvey of Rugeley who worked as a waitress in the camp canteen between 1917 and 1919.
Walton-on-the-Hill Church, near Stafford
St. Thomas' Church, Walton-on-the-Hill, near Stafford was built in 1853 to designs by Little Haywood architect, Charles Trubshaw.
A postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford and postmarked ...