The First World War and Trinity Church, Hednesford
Hednesford’s Trinity Church was built by William Baldwin in 1873. During the First World War, the Chapel played an important role in supporting the welfare of troops on Cannock Chase’s Great War Camps.
Helpers at the Soldiers Club, taken on the Sunday School steps
Soldiers Club, Hednesford Wesleynn Church
Images showing soldiers being provided with food and drink at Trinity Church during the First World War and a group photograph of local people who supported the welfare of troops from the Great War Camps.
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The schoolroom was used to serve over 250,000 meals and more than £1,000 was raised for the soldiers.
In 1921 Trinity Church purchased one of the huts erected on the Cannock Chase Great War Camps for £450. It was erected nearby and became the Wesleyan Memorial Institute. In 1928 stained glass windows were unveiled which commemorated the lives of men from the Church who died in the First World War.
One of the leading figures of Trinity Church was Miss Grace Moore who led the first Girl Guide Company to be held on the Church’s premises in 1920.
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