Baroness Williams of Crosby visited Brampton Park in Newcastle Under Lyme on Thursday 23rd July. In 2000 she planted a copper beech on the Park in memory of her mother, Vera Brittain – who wrote ‘Testament of Youth’. She saw the tree and also the Lady in the Park sculpture which was inspired by the famous book.
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HEROIC Tom Brown Tivey has been immortalised in a sculpture to mark the centenary of the First World War. The 5th North Staffordshire Regiment soldier was awarded a Military Medal for bravery after being shot in the chest in 1917. He returned home to Wolstanton to work as a lecturer at North Staffordshire College of…
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It is with great pleasure that the highly acclaimed “Tracks to the Trenches” (TTTT) First World War centenary event is set to be developed and repeated in May 2016 (TTTT 2) and May 2018* (TTTT 3) at the Apedale Valley Light Railway in North Staffordshire (UK). There will be more details over the coming year.…
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Keep up with commemorative events happening in the Cannock Chase area on www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/worldwar1
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Work has begun on revamping the Hednesford war memorial. Dating back to 1922 it contains names of soldiers who died in the both the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean War. Cannock Council received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore and make improvements to the memorial. Works include replanting with new shrubs, resurfacing…
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Award winning Stoke-on-Trent film makers, Inspired Film and Video are producing a documentary film and accompanying exhibition about Cecil Wedgwood and the men from the Wedgwood factory who went to fight in the Great War for The Wedgwood Museum. The film will be presented by Tom Wedgwood and follows his personal journey as he discovers…
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Not Just Names is a new book which looks at the lives of Staffordshire people who died fighting during the Great War. It is a tribute to the Fallen of Cannock Chase which was written by Paul Bedford and focuses on residents of Bridgtown, Cannock, Chadsmoor, Hednesford, Wimblebury, Heath Hayes and Norton Canes. Through mini biographies, it focuses on…
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Tamworth is teaming up with the Women’s Institute (WI) for the 2015 In Bloom campaign – as the borough goes for gold for the sixth year running. This year’s campaign continues the commemoration of the First World War. The WI was founded in 1915 to revitalise rural communities and encourage women to become more involved…
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The sacrifices of the First World War were remembered in an Anzac Day service at Cannock Chase’s military cemetery on Saturday 25th April. The service was held on the 100th anniversary of the start of the ill-fated Gallipolli campaign, which claimed the lives of thousands of Australian and New Zealand soldiers. Read more in the…
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The National Commemoration to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign and ANZAC Day will take place at the Cenotaph on April 25, 2015. Her Majesty The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh (who is Patron of the Gallipoli Association) and The Duke of Cambridge, will be joined by senior government and military figures, to lay wreaths…
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