This site at present contains the names and details of over 45500 Staffordshire personnel who served in The Great War. It contains details of those who survived as well as those enscribed on local memorials who were lost in action during the war.
Local newspapers researched include the Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel, Staffordshire Advertiser, Burton Daily Mail, Midlands Advertiser, Uttoxeter Advertiser, Cheadle & Tean Times, Cheadle Herald, Walsall Pioneer, Lichfield Mercury etc.
The Regimental War Diaries of both the North & South Staffordshire Regiments were used during the production of the notes. The China Dragon and Staffordshire Knot Regimental Magazines were also examined for information.
Doing a WW! research project? RAH Research can access the following volumes for you. The 36th Div.; the 92nd Bde. (10th-13th Bns.E.Yorks.Rgt.); 103rd Bde. (24th-27th Bns.Nor.Fus.); 110th Bde. (6th-9th Bns.Leics.Rgt.); 143rd Bde. (5th-8th Bns.R.Warks.Rgt.
Regimental Histories for The 4th & 7th Dragoon Guards, 12th Lancers, Irish Guards, Royal Scots, Royal Fusiliers, S.W.B., K.S.L.I., D.C.L.I., and Royal Irish Fusiliers are available.
Available are 1/5th Bn.K.O.R.Lanc.Rgt.; 19th Bn.Nor.Fus.; 1st Bn.R.Warks.Rgt.; 15th Bn.W.Yorks.Rgt.; 10th Bn.E.Yorks.Rgt.; 1/4th Bn.K.O.S.B.; 11th Bn.E.Lancs.Rgt.; 4th Bn.K.S.L.I.; 5th Bn.N.Staffs.Rgt.; 9th Bn.D.L.I. & 9th Bn.H.L.I.
Further battalions are Honourable Artillery Company, 8th,9th,13th,14th & 15th London Rgt., 2nd & 3rd Monmouthshire Rgt., and Cheshire Yeomanry. Also 45th Bn.Canadian Expeditionary Force; 14th Light Horse and 14th & 57th Bn. Australian Imperial Forces.
Many of these personnel have photographs which can be accessed. If you are carrying out research for the Great War period RAH Research may be able to locate an image for you, go to the enquiry page to find out if we can help you.
Clockwise from top; 1 Shelton Drill Hall, Cooper Street, Hanley, Staffs. A Company of 5th Bn.N.Staffs.Rgt. drilled here. 2. Ptes William Lowndes & William Ball, M.G.C. (Inf), Cheadle, Staffs.
3.Players Cigarettes. Uniforms of the Territorial Army. 1/4th Bn. The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Lewis Gunner, 1918. 4. Players Cigarettes, Army, Corps & Divisional Signs 1914-18. 25th Div. & 36th Div.
