War StoriesYou are in: Stoke & Staffordshire > History > War Stories  Able Seaman Grazier, from Tamworth, helped crack the Enigma code that turned the tide of World War 2  See our photos from the RAF Remembrance service in Stafford town centre in 2009.  'Stafford at War 1939-45' by Staffs historian, Nick Thomas, features townsfolk's personal accounts  Stafford man Nick Thomas has published the biography of the Battle of Britain ace, Teddy Donaldson  See Olivia Hall's short film about the wearing of the poppy; and why it is so emotive  You've been coming in to our recording studios and telling us your stories of World War 2  One Staffordshire soldier's bravery in WWII was rewarded with the Victoria Cross.  40 years after the film 'John Baskeyfield VC' was made, it has been restored for a special screening  Staffordshire is home to a large number of Poles, who were driven here by war  The Stoke on Trent engineer who designed the Spitfire plane, and one of our greatest local heroes!  A fighter aircraft for the US Army crashed into houses at Tean in 1944. The pilot was killed.  Find out about one of Belgium's most decorated wartime civilians who settled in Staffordshire  Staffordshire is marking the 70th Anniversary of the outbreak of WW2 with these projects  It serves as a living reminder of the ongoing commitment of members of the British Armed Forces...  Read about the heroic tale of a USAAF fighter ace who died to save a Staffordshire town  Soldiers of the old Staffs Regiment gathered at Lichfield Cathedral to see their Colours dedicated  Alan Higgins' grandad kept a diary in the First World War. Now Alan has decided to have it published  Lock up your daughters! The village of Hixon became the home of 3,000 airmen overnight.  Read Fred’s amazing tale of how he survived the ‘human torpedo’ during World War 2!!  Stefan Mucha looks back at the impact of Nazi occupation on Poland during the Second World War.  Local Poles are searching here for information on relatives or friends lost after the War  Local man puts together a history of the Staffordshire Regiment, covering its first two centuries.  Shirley Williams talks about her mother, the famous Staffordshire-born pacifist and early feminist Alan Higgins' grandad kept a diary in the First World War. Now Alan has decided to have it published  Find out about the BBC project to commemorate Armistice Day 2008, as well as local events  Emily Soper spent two weeks cleaning war graves and learning about European history in Bremen  Finding their uncle's name on Uttoxeter's war memorial led Gillian and Alan on a great journey.  During World War I, letter writing was the only way to communicate to family and friends back home. New Zealand soldiers who died here in World War I are remembered at Westhill Primary in Hednesford  Plane enthusiasts celebrated the Spitfire's maiden flight  Who was William Bowers, who died in World War One? Why is there a memorial to him in the Moorlands?  Staffordshire regiments took part in the bloody battle of Passchendaele. This is their story.  Memories and histories of times of war as they affected people from Staffordshire You are in: Stoke & Staffordshire > History > War Stories |
