North Staffordshire History

The sinking of the Lusitania by marine artist Norman Wilkinson Source: Wikimedia Commons On 7 May 1915, the Cunard liner Lusitania , en rout...

A panoramic view of the Isandlwana battlefield. The British camp was situated in the middle of the picture. The Zulu attack came over t...

Stoke-on-Trent's best known connection with the Titanic disaster is of course the ship's venerable skipper, Captain E. J. Smith, ...

The memorial to the men lost in the disaster. At 7.50 am, on 1 January 1942,  a devastating explosion took place 800 yards below ground at...

Hanley-born Commander Edward John Smith is best remembered as the captain of the ill-fated White Star Line steamer RMS Titanic , which sank...

The Battle of Isandhlwana by Charles Edwin Fripp On 22 January 1879, a British force of over 1,300 men, mostly from t...