Many of the survivors of The Great War had also been wounded or gassed or otherwise injured. On walking around the churchyard, you can see a number of gravestones for those who died after the war.
Tag: Armitage
Marriage Bonds
I started looking into my family history back around the year 2000. My dad’s surname was Conway and he came from a small village called Armitage in Staffordshire.
Assault and battery in the church
On 20th August 1837 Mrs Mary Short was assaulted in St. John the Baptist church, Armitage
Jack Whitehouse MM
Jack Whitehouse earned his Military Medal in WW1 by rescuing a comrade from no-mans land.
The Silver Fork Society
Thomas Henry Lister wrote three novels in the Silver Fork genre depicting the real life of High Society in the 1820s and 1830s.
The Croft School, Armitage
Centenary of Armitage Croft school
Antoine Albena Mountsoy – an Armitage celebrity
The oldest ever inhabitant of Armitage
Edward Johns
What sort of a person was Edward Johns?
Armitage – birthplace of science fiction?
Was Armitage the true birthplace of science fiction or even steampunk?
Cannock tramp – native of Armitage
A native of Armitage – tramp enters Cannock Workhouse