The Wartime Memories Project - The Home Guard

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Information The Home Guard was begun from the outbreak of war as local volunteer units which were formed in several regions, as an unpaid voluntary part-time force organised in county battalions under War Office control. In May 1940 the Government asked for men aged between 17 and 65 to serve with the Local Defence Volunteers, they were given military style training and sparsley equiped with army uniforms, weapons and amunition. Many of the men made their own weapons, a lethal mixture of pikes, clubs, knifes, molatov cocktails and fire traps. Due to the shortage of issued weapons the men used sporting guns if they were available. By the end of June one and half million men had joined and were undertaking training and mounting patrols to defend the British Isles against invasion. At the end of July 1940 the name was changed from Local Defence Volunteers to Home Guard. Their duty was to form a back-up to the regular army should the Germans invade. Whilst the main ranks were made up from men in reserved occupations, boys as young as 14 were allowed to join as messengers and the oldest volunteers were up to the age of 80. Each man was were expected to do 48 hours of voluntary service each month, on top of their daytime work. It was not until April 1943 that nominated women were officially allowed to join in the roles of cooks, clerks and drivers. In July the women's branch was renamed Home Guard Auxiliaries. The Home Guard was officially disbanded on the 1st November 1944 as the threat of invasion had by that time evapourated. 10th (City of Edinburgh) Battalion, Home Guard 5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 19th (Stockton) Battalion, Durham Home Guard 1st Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 25th (2nd Southern Railway) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 7th Battalion, Shropshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Shropshire Home Guard 7th Battalion, Suffolk Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Home Guard 8th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 8th Battalion, Shropshire Home Guard 1st (Buchan) Battalion, Aberdeenshire Home Guard 2nd (Central) Battalion, Aberdeenshire Home Guard 3rd (South & Kincardineshire) Battalion, Aberdeenshire Home Guard 4th (City of Aberdeen) Battalion, Aberdeenshire Home Guard 5th Battalion, Aberdeenshire Home Guard 6th (12th GPO) Battalion, Aberdeenshire Home Guard 7th of Aberdeen (Works) Battalion, City Home Guard 9th of Aberdeen (University) Battalion, City Home Guard 1st Battalion, Anglesey Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Anglesey Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Anglesey Home Guard 1st Battalion , Angus Home Guard 2nd Battalion , Angus Home Guard 3rd Battalion , Angus Home Guard 2nd Antrim Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 3rd Antrim Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 4th Antrim Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st Antrim Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st Battalion, Argyll Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Argyll Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Argyll Home Guard 1st Armagh Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 2nd Armagh Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 3rd Armagh Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 4th Armagh Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st Battalion, Banffshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Banffshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Home Guard 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Home Guard 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Home Guard 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Home Guard 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Home Guard 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Home Guard 2nd Belfast (East) Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 3rd Belfast Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 4th Belfast Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 5th Belfast Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st (Abingdon) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 2nd (Maidenhead) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 3rd (Newbury) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 4th (Pangbourne) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 5th (Wantage) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 6th (Bracknell) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 7th (Reading) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 8th (Windsor Borough) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 9th (Windsor Crown Lands) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 10th (38th GPO) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 11th (Crowthorne) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 12th (Upper Thames Patrol) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard 1st (Brecon) Battalion, Brecknockshire Home Guard 2nd (Builth Wells) Battalion, Brecknockshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 4th Battalion, Home Buckinghamshire Home Guard 5th (Beaconsfield) Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 7th (High Wycombe Borough) Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 8th (Slough Trading Estate) Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 9th (Slough Town) Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 10th Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 11th Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 12th Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 13th (Hawker Aircraft Ltd.,Langley) Battalion, Buckinghamshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Caernarvonshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Caernarvonshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Caernarvonshire Home Guard 4th Battalion, Caernarvonshire Home Guard 5th Battalion, Caernarvonshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Caithness Home Guard 1st (City & North) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire & Suffolk Home Guard 3rd (Southeast) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard 4th (West) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard 5th (Cambridge) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard 6th (34th GPO) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard 7th (Mobile) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard 8th (Cambridge University STC) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard 1st (Aberystwyth) Battalion, Cardiganshire Home Guard 2nd (Cardigan) Battalion, Cardiganshire Home Guard 3rd (Lampeter) Battalion, Cardiganshire Home Guard 1st (Camarthen) Battalion, Carmarthenshire Home Guard 2nd (Llanelly) Battalion, Carmarthenshire Home Guard 3rd (Llanelly) Battalion, Carmarthenshire Home Guard 4th (Llandilo) Battalion, Carmarthenshire Home Guard 5th (Henllan) Battalion, Carmarthenshire Home Guard 6th (St Clears) Battalion, Carmarthenshire Home Guard 7th (Ammanford) Battalion, Carmarthenshire Home Guard 1st (Altrincham) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 2nd (Altrincham) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 3rd (Knutsford) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 4th (Birkenhead) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 5th (Broxton) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 6th (Chester) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 7th (Crewe) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 8th (Congleton) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 9th (Macclesfield) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 10th (Wilmslow) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 11th (Middlewich) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 12th (Northwich) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 13th (Sandiway) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 14th (Tarporley) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 15th (Runcorn) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 16th (Wallasey) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 17th (Heswall) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 18th (Ellesmere Port) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 19th (Shotton) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 20th (Great Sutton) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 21st (Bebington) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 22nd (28th GPO) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 23rd (Sale) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 24th (Nantwich) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 35th (Stalybridge) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 36th (Hyde) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 37th (Romiley) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 39th (Cheadle) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 38th (Stockport) Battalion, Cheshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Clackmannanshire Home Guard 1st (Stratton) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 2nd (Coastal) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 3rd (Castle) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 4th (Wadebridge) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 5th (St Austell) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 6th (Liskeard) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 7th (Falmouth) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 8th (Helston) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 9th (Cambourne) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 10th (Truro) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 11th (Newquay) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 12th (Land's End) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 13th (Bodmin) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 14th (Hayle) Battalion, Cornwall Home Guard 1st (Longtown) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 2nd (Carlisle City) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 3rd (Carlisle) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 4th (Cockermouth) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 5th (Workington) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 6th (Whitehaven) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 7th (Millom) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 8th (Penrith) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 9th (Lakes) Battalion, Westmorland Home Guard 10th (Appleby) Battalion, Westmorland Home Guard 11th (Kendal) Battalion, Westmorland Home Guard 12th (Warwick Bridge) Battalion, Cumberland Home Guard 7th Battalion, Denbighshire/Flintshire Home Guard 1st (Colwyn Bay) Battalion, Denbighshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Denbighshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Denbighshire Home Guard 4th Battalion, Flintshire Home Guard 5th Battalion, Flintshire Home Guard 6th Battalion, Denbighshire Home Guard 8th Battalion, Denbighshire Home Guard 9th Battalion, Denbighshire Home Guard 10th (ROF) Battalion, Denbighshire Home Guard 11th (Ministry of Food) Battalion, Denbighshire Home Guard 1st (Bakewell) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 2nd (Buxton) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 3rd (Chapel-en-le-Frith) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 4th (Eckington) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 5th (Bolsover) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 6th (Chesterfield Borough) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 7th (Chesterfield County) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 8th (Alfreton) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 9th (Ilkeston) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 10th (Ashbourne) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 11th (Repton & Woodville) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 12th (Belper) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 13th (Derby & Borough) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 14th (Derby Works) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 15th (The Peak) Battalion, Derbyshire Home Guard 1st (Loyal City of Exeter) Devon Home Guard 2nd (Clyst) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 3rd (Cullompton) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 4th (Barnstaple) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 5th (Bideford) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 6th (Chumleigh) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 7th (Okehampton) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 8th (Holsworthy) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 9th (Newton Abbot) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 10th (Torbay) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 11th (South Hams) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 13th (Totnes) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 14th (Moorside) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 15th (Plympton) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 16th (Plymouth) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 17th (Dockyard) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 18th (Saltash) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 19th (Seaton) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 20th (Tiverton) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 21st (33rd GPO) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 22nd (5th SR) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 23rd (Drake's) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 24th (Hartland) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 25th (Ilfracombe) Battalion, Devon Home Guard 1st (Bridport) Battalion, Dorset Home Guard 2nd (Dorchester) Battalion, Dorset Home Guard 3rd (Poole) Battalion, Dorset Home Guard 4th (Sherborne) Battalion, Dorset Home Guard 5th (Weymouth) Battalion, Dorset Home Guard 6th (Wimbourne) Battalion, Dorset Home Guard 7th (Wareham) Battalion, Dorset Home Guard 1st Down Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 2nd Down Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 3rd Down Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 4th Down Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st Battalion, Dumfriesshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Dumfriesshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Dumfriesshire Home Guard 4th (Kirkconnel) Battalion, Dumfriesshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Dunbartonshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Dunbartonshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Dunbartonshire Home Guard 4th Battalion, Dunbartonshire Home Guard 1st Battalion , City of Dundee Home Guard 2nd Battalion , City of Dundee Home Guard 3rd (13th GPO) Battalion, City of Dundee Home Guard 1st (Blaydon) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, Home Guard 2nd (Chester le Street) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, Home Guard 3rd (Lanchester) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 4th (Consett) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 5th (Hamsterley) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 6th (Stanley) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 7th (Boldon) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 8th (South Shields) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 9th (Sunderland) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 10th (Gateshead) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, Home Guard 11th (Durham) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 12th (Castle Eden) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 13th (South Hylton) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 14th (Houghton le Spring) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 15th (Bishop Auckland) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 16th (Weardale) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 17th (Barnard Castle) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, Home Guard 18th (West Hartlepool) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 19th (Stockton on Tees) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 20th (Darlington) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 21st (Gateshead) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 22nd (Wheatley Hill) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 23rd (Washington) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 24th (Sunderland) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 25th (Jarrow) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 26th (Seaham) Battalion, Durham Home Guard 1st (Hull) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard 2nd (Brough) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard 3rd (Beverly) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard 4th (Pocklington) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard 5th (Bridlington) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard 6th (Driffield) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard 7th (Withernsea) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard 8th (West Hull) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard 1st Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home Guard 2nd Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home Guard 3rd Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home Guard 4th Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home Guard 5th Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home Guard 6th Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home Guard 7th (Musselburgh) Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home Guard 8th Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home Guard 9th (University STC) Battalion , City of Edinburgh Home 10th (3rd LNER) Battalion, City of Edinburgh Home 11th (11th GPO) Battalion, City of Edinburgh Home 2nd Battalion, Isle of Ely Home Guard 3rd Battalion , Isle of Ely Home Guard 1st Battalion , Isle of Ely Home Guard 1st Battalion, Essex Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Essex Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Essex Home Guard 4th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 5th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 6th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 7th (Witham) Battalion, Essex Home Guard 8th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 9th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 10th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 11th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 12th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 13th (35th GPO) Battalion, Essex Home Guard 14th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 15th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 16th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 17th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 18th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 19th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 20th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 51st Battalion, Essex Home Guard 52nd Battalion, Essex Home Guard 53rd Battalion, Essex Home Guard 54th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 55th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 56th Battalion, Essex Home Guard 1st Fermanagh Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 2nd Fermanagh Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 3rd Fermanagh Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st Battalion, Fife Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Fife Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Fife Home Guard 4th Battalion, Fife Home Guard 5th Battalion, Fife Home Guard 6th Battalion, Fife Home Guard 7th Battalion, Fife Home Guard 8th Battalion, Fife Home Guard 9th Battalion, Fife Home Guard 10th Battalion, Fife Home Guard 1st (Aberdare) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 2nd (Pontypridd) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 3rd (Bridgend) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 4th (Neath) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 5th (Barry) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 6th (Caerphilly) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 7th (Pentre) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 9th (Merthyr) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 10th (Cowbridge) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 11th (Whitchurch) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 12th (Swansea) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 13th (Treharris) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 14th (Swansea) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 15th (Gower) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 16th (Cardiff) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 17th (29th GPO) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 18th (30th GPO) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 19th (Bargoed) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 20th (Port Talbot) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 21st (Cardiff) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 22nd (Cardiff) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 23rd (Royal Ordnance Factory) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 24th (Kenfig) Battalion, Home Glamorganshire Home Guard 25th (Taff Wells) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 8th (Gorseinon) Battalion, Glamorganshire Home Guard 1st Battalion , City of Glasgow Home Guard 2nd Battalion , City of Glasgow Home Guard 3rd Battalion , City of Glasgow Home Guard 4th (Works) Battalion, City of Glasgow Home Guard 5th Battalion , City of Glasgow Home Guard 6th (Corporation) Battalion City of Glasgow , Home 7th (LMS) Battalion City of Glasgow , Home 8th (2nd LNER) Battalion City of Glasgow , 9th (14th GPO) Battalion City of Glasgow , 10th (15th GPO) Battalion City of Glasgow , 11th Battalion , City of Glasgow Home Guard 12th Battalion , City of Glasgow Home Guard 13th (40th GPO) City of Glasgow , 14th (University) Battalion, Battalion City of Glasgow Home Guard 1st (Cheltenham) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 2nd (Campden) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 3rd (Cirencester) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 4th (Forest of Dean) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 5th (Gloucester) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 6th (South Gloucester) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 7th (Stroud) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 8th (Dursley) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 9th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 10th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 11th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 12th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 13th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 14th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 15th (31st GPO) Battalion, Home Gloucestershire Home Guard 16th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 17th (Wye Valley) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 18th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 19th (Churchdown) Battalion, Gloucestershire Home Guard 1st (Andover) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 2nd (Whitchurch) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 3rd (Basingstoke) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 4th (Alresford) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 5th (Winchester) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 6th (Bournemouth) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 7th (Boscombe) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 8th (Avon Valley) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 9th (Forest) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 10th (Romsey) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 11th (Eastleigh) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 12th (Southampton East) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 13th (Itchen) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 14th (Fareham) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 15th (Petersfield) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 16th (Havant) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 17th (Portsmouth) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 18th (Dockyard Port) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 19th (West Wight) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 20th (East Wight) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 21st (4th SR) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 22nd (32nd GPO) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 23rd (37th GPO) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 24th (Alton) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 25th (Rotherwick) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 26th (Southampton West) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 27th (Farnborough) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 28th (Christchurch Bay) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 29th (Gosport) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 30th (Droxford) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 31st (Cosham) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 32nd (Connaught) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Hebrides Home Guard 1st (Leominster) Battalion, Herefordshire Home Guard 2nd (Bromyard) Battalion, Herefordshire Home Guard 3rd (Hereford City) Battalion, Herefordshire Home Guard 4th (Hereford Rural) Battalion, Herefordshire Home Guard 5th (Ledbury) Battalion, Herefordshire Home Guard 6th (Harewood End) Battalion, Herefordshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 4th Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 5th Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 6th Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 7th Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 8th Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 9th Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 10th (Watford) Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 11th (Bishop's Stortford) Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 12th (Letchworth) Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 13th (de Havilland) Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 14th Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 15th (St. Albans) Battalion, Hertfordshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Huntingdonshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Huntingdonshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Huntingdonshire Home Guard 1st (East & Nairnshire) Battalion, Inverness-shire Home Guard 2nd (West) Battalion, Inverness-shire Home Guard 3rd (NOFU) Battalion, Inverness-shire Home Guard 4th (Burgh) Battalion, Inverness-shire Home Guard 1st (Ashford) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 2nd (Charing) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 3rd (Canterbury) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 4th (St. Augustine's) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 5th (Wingham) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 6th (Thanet) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 7th (Lyminge) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 8th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 9th (Faversham) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 10th (Sittingbourne) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 11th (Maidstone) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 12th (Chatham) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 13th (Rochester) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 14th (Hoo) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 15th (Cobham) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 16th (Gravesend) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 17th (Northfleet) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 18th (Dartford) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 19th (Farningham) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 20th (Sevenoaks) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 21st (Tonbridge) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 22nd (Tunbridge Wells) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 23rd (Hawkhurst) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 24th (Malling) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 25th (36th GPO) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 27th (Kent Electric) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 28th (1st SR) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 29th (Mid-Kent) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 30th (Sheppey) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 31st (Chatham Dockyard) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 32nd (Edenbridge) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 33rd (Short Bros.) Battalion, Kent Home Guard 51st Battalion, Kent Home Guard 52nd Battalion, Kent Home Guard 53rd Battalion, Kent Home Guard 54th Battalion, Kent Home Guard 55th Battalion, Kent Home Guard 56th Battalion, Kent Home Guard 57th (Sidcup) Battalion, Kent Home Guard Kinross-shire Independent Coy, Home Guard 1st Battalion, Kirkcudbrightshire Home Guard 2nd (Dalbeattie) Battalion, Kirkcudbrightshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Kirkcudbrightshire Home Guard 1st Battalion , Lanarkshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion , Lanarkshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion , Lanarkshire Home Guard 4th Battalion , Lanarkshire Home Guard 5th Battalion , Lanarkshire Home Guard 6th Battalion , Lanarkshire Home Guard 1st (Barrow) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 2nd (North Lonsdale) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 3rd (Lancaster City) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 4th (South Lonsdale) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 5th (Preston County) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 6th (Kirkham) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 7th (Blackpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 8th (Preston City) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 9th (Blackburn County) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 10th (Blackburn) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 11th (Church) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 12th (Leyland) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 13th (Croston) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 14th (Bolton County) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 15th (Bolton) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 21st (Bury) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 22nd (Rochdale) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 23rd (Oldham) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 24th (Wigan County) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 25th (Leigh) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 26th (Wigan) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 27th (Rochdale) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 28th (Nelson) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 29th (Burnley) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 30th (Accrington) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 31st (Rossendale) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 32nd (Bacup) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 41st (Prestwich) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 42nd (Eccles) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 43rd (Salford) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 44th (Stretford) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 45th (Trafford Park) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 46th (South Manchester) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 47th (Wythenshawe) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 48th (Manchester) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 49th (Manchester) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 50th (Manchester) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 51st (Ashton-under-Lyne) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 55th (Manchester Collieries) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 56th (Manchester) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 57th (21st GPO) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 58th (22nd GPO) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 59th (23rd GPO) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 60th (Heywood & Radcliffe) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 61st (Manchester University STC) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 62nd (Padiham) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 63rd (Manchester) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 64th (Middleton) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 71st (Ormskirk) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 72nd (Crosby) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 73rd (Maghull) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 74th (Southport) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 75th (St Helens) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 76th (Golborne) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 77th (Bootle) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 78th (Warrington) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 79th (Newton-le-Willows) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 80th (Widnes) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 81st (Prescot) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 82nd (Liverpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 83rd (Liverpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 84th (Liverpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 85th (Liverpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 86th (Liverpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 87th (Liverpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 88th (Liverpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 89th (Liverpool) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 90th (Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport) Lancashire Home Guard 91st (LMS) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 92nd (20th GPO) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 93rd (St Helens) Battalion, Lancashire Home Guard 1st (North Leicester) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 2nd (South Leicester) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 3rd (West Leicester) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 4th (Central Leicester) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 5th (Belvoir) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 6th (Quorn) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 7th (Market Harborough) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 8th (Market Bosworth) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 9th (Loughborough) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 10th (Charnwood) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 11th (Ashby-de-la-Zouch) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 12th (Motor Reconnaissance) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 13th (25 GPO) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 1st of Lincoln Battalion, City Home Guard 2nd of Lincoln Battalion, City Home Guard 3rd of Lincoln Battalion, City Home Guard 1st (Scunthorpe & District) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 2nd (Scunthorpe Works) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 3rd (Epworth) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 4th (Brigg) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 5th (Grimsby Town) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 6th (Cleethorpes Town) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 7th (Grimsby Rural) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 10th (Skegness) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 8th (Caistor) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 9th (Louth) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 11th (Gainsborough) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 12th (Saxilby) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 13th (Horncastle) Battalion, Lindsey Home Guard 1st (Boston) Battalion, Holland Home Guard 2nd (Spalding) Battalion, Holland Home Guard 3rd (East Elloe) Battalion, Holland Home Guard 1st (North) Battalion, Kesteven Home Guard 2nd (East) Battalion, Kesteven Home Guard 3rd (Grantham & Spittlegate) Battalion, Kesteven Home Guard 4th (Bourne & Stamford) Battalion, Kesteven Home Guard 1st Battalion, City of London Home Guard 2nd (Civil Service) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 3rd (Farringdon) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 5th (Press) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 6th (Silvertown) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 7th (Rippleside) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 8th (Hackney) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 11th (Dagenham) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 12th (Barking) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 13th (West Ham) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 14th (PLA) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 15th (PLA) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 16th (LMS) Battalion , City of London Home Guard 17th (1st LNER) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 19th (2nd GPO) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 20th (3rd GPO) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 21st (4th GPO) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 22nd (5th GPO) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 23rd (6th GPO) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 24th (PLA) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 28th (7th GPO) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 29th (8th GPO) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 31st (10th GPO) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 35th (Hackney) Battalion, City of London Home Guard 1st (Westminster) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 2nd (Chelsea) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 3rd (Fulham) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 5th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 6th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 7th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 8th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 9th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 10th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 11th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 12th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 13th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 14th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 15th (Bermondsey) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 16th (Bermondsey) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 17th (Bermondsey) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 18th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 19th (South Suburban) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 20th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 21st (Eltham) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 22nd (Royal Arsenal) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 23rd Battalion, County of London Home Guard 24th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 25th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 26th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 27th (Roehampton) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 28th (Wandsworth) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 29th (Battersea) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 30th (Tooting) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 31st (Streatham) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 34th (London River South) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 35th (Civil Service) Batalion, County of London Home Guard 36th (6th Southern Railways) Battalion. County of London Home Guard 37th (LMS) Battalion , County of London Home Guard 38th (GWR) Battalion , County of London Home Guard 39th (Metropolitan Water Board) Battalion County of London Home Guard 40th (Gas Light & Coke Co.) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 41st (LPTB) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 42nd (LPTB) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 43rd (LPTB) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 44th (LPTB) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 45th (LPTB) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 46th (LPTB) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 47th (LCC) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 48th (LCC) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 49th (South Metropolitan Gas Company) Battlion, County of London Home Guard 50th (Central London Electricity) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 52nd (Wandsworth Gas Co.) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 54th (CLESO) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 55th (MESC) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 56th (Balham) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 57th Battalion, County of London Home Guard 58th (Civil Service) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 60th (LPTB) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 61st (War Office) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 62nd (London University) Battalion, County of London Home Guard 1st (American) Squadron, Home Guard 58th (Civil Service) Battalion, County of London, Home Guard 1st County Londonderry Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 2nd County Londonderry Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 3rd County Londonderry Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st Londonderry City Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 2nd Londonderry City Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st Battalion, Merioneth Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Merioneth Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Mermont Home Guard 4th Battalion, Merioneth Home Guard 1st Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 4th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 5th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 6th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 7th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 10th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 11th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 12th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 13th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 14th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 15th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 16th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 17th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 18th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 19th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 20th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 21st Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 22nd Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 23rd Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 24th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 25th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 26th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 27th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 28th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 29th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 30th Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 31st (Upper Thames Patrol) Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 32nd Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 33rd (5th LNER) Battalion, Middlesex Home Guard 1st Battalion , Midlothian Home Guard 2nd Battalion , Midlothian Home Guard 1st (Chepstow) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 2nd (Newport) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 3rd (Newport) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 4th (Risca) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 5th (Blackwood) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 6th (Rhymney) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 7th (Ebbw) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 8th (Abertillery) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 9th (Pontypool) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 10th (Monmouth) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 11th (Abergavenny) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 12th (Usk) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard 5th Battalion, Montgomery Home Guard 6th Battalion, Montgomery Home Guard 7th Battalion, Montgomery Home Guard 1st Battalion, Moray Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Moray Home Guard 1st Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 4th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 5th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 6th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 9th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 10th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 11th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 12th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 13th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 14th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 15th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 16th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 17th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 8th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 7th Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard 1st (City of Peterborough) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 2nd (Soke of Peterborough) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 3rd (Oundle) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 4th (Kettering Borough) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 5th (Kettering District) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 6th (Corby) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 7th (Wellingborough Town) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 8th (Wellingborough District) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 9th (Brixworth) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 10th (Daventry) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 11th (Hardingstone) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 12th (Northampton Borough) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 13th (Towcester) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 14th (Brackley) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 15th (Northampton) Battalion, Northamptonshire Home Guard 1st (Northallerton) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 2nd (Whitby) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 3rd (Guisborough) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 4th (Redcar) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 5th (South Bank) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 6th (Heworth) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 7th (Malton) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 8th (North Riding) Battalion, Home Guard 9th (North Riding) Battalion, Home Guard 10th (Scarborough) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 11th (Hang) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 12th (Gilling) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard 13th (Loftus) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard Head Wrightsons Home Guard, Thornaby 1st (Berwick) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 2nd (Alnwick) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 3rd (Morpeth) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 4th (Hexham) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 5th (Gosforth) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 6th (Blyth) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 7th (Tynemouth) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 8th (Wallsend) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 9th (Central Newcastle) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 10th (Otterburn) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 11th (West Newcastle) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 12th (East Newcastle) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 13th (19th GPO) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 14th (Bedlington) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 15th (Forest Hall) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 16th (Amble) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 17th (Ashington) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 18th (Seaton) Battalion, Northumberland Home Guard 1st (Nottingham City) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 2nd (West Bridgford) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 3rd (Beeston) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 4th (Bulwell) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 5th (Daybrook & Bestwood) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 6th (Mansfield) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 7th (Sutton-in-Ashfield) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 8th (Clipstone) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 9th (Worksop) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 10th (Retford) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 11th (Newark) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 12th (Bassetlaw) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 13th (26th GPO) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 14th (Trent River Patrol) Battalion, Nottinghamshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Orkney Home Guard 1st (Banbury) Battalion, Oxfordshire Home Guard 2nd (Bicester) Battalion, Oxfordshire Home Guard 3rd (Chipping Norton) Battalion, Oxfordshire Home Guard 4th (Bullingdon) Battalion, Oxfordshire Home Guard 5th (Henley) Battalion, Oxfordshire Home Guard 6th (Oxford City) Battalion, Oxfordshire Home Guard 7th (Oxford University) Battalion, Oxfordshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Peeblesshire Home Guard 1st (Tenby) Battalion, Pembrokeshire Home Guard 2nd (Haverfordwest) Battalion, Pembrokeshire Home Guard 3rd (Haverfordwest) Battalion, Pembrokeshire Home Guard 1st (North Perthshire) Battalion, Perthshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Perthshire Home Guard 3rd (Strathearn) Battalion, Perthshire Home Guard 4th Battalion, Perthshire Home Guard 5th Battalion, Home Guard Perthshire 6th (Perth City) Battalion, Perthshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Radnorshire Home Guard 1st Renfrewshire & Bute Battalion, Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Renfrewshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Renfrewshire Home Guard 4th Battalion, Renfrewshire Home Guard 5th Battalion, Renfrewshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Ross-shire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Ross-shire Home Guard Roxburghshire & Berwickshire Battalion, Scottish Border Home Guard 1st Battalion, Rutland Home Guard 1st Battalion, Salop Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Salop Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Salop Home Guard 4th Battalion, Salop Home Guard 5th Battalion, Salop Home Guard 6th Battalion, Salop Home Guard 7th Battalion, Salop Home Guard 8th Battalion, Salop Home Guard 9th (27th GPO) Battalion, Salop Home Guard 10th Battalion, Salop Home Guard 11th Battalion, Salop Home Guard Isles of Scilly Independent Coy, Home Guard 1st (Roxburghshire) Battalion, Scottish Border Home Guard 2nd (Selkirkshire) Battalion, Scottish Border Home Guard 3rd (Berwickshire) Battalion, Scottish Border Home Guard 4th Battalion, Scottish Border Home Guard 1st (Minehead) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 2nd (Taunton) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 3rd (Yeovil) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 4th (Frome) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 5th (Bath City) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 6th (Bath Admiralty) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 7th (Long Ashton) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 8th (Weston-super-Mare) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 9th (Wells) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 10th (Bridgwater) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 11th (Illminster) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 12th (Somerton) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 13th (Axbridge) Battalion, Somerset Home Guard 37th (Darlaston) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 1st (Stoke-on-Trent) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 10th (Lichfield) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 2nd (Burslem) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 3rd (Longton) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 4th (Hanley) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 5th (Leek) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 6th (Cheadle) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 7th (Uttoxeter) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 8th (Burton & Tutbury) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 13th (Cannock) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 14th (Stafford) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 15th (Newcastle-under-Lyme) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 16th (Newcastle Rural) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 17th (Stone) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 18th (Royal Ordnance Factory) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 20th (Wolverhampton) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 21st (Wolverhampton) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 22nd (Wolverhampton) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 23rd (Wolverhampton) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 24th (Tettenhall) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 25th (Brewood) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 26th (Willenhall & Wednesfield) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 27th (Walsall) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 28th (West Bromwich) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 29th (West Bromwich) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 30th (Smethwick) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 31st (Smethwick) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 32nd (Aldridge) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 34th (Bilston) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 35th (Sedgeley) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 36th (Wednesbury) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 38th (Brierley Hill) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 39th (Enville) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 40th (Rowley Regis) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 41st (Tipton) Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Stirlingshire Home Guard 2nd Battalion, Stirlingshire Home Guard 3rd Battalion, Stirlingshire Home Guard 1st (Camberley) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 2nd (Farnham) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 3rd (Weybridge) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 4th (Guildford) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 5th (Bramley) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 6th (Leatherhead) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 7th (Dorking) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 8th (Reigate) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 9th (Oxted) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 10th (Egham & Chertsey) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 11th (Woking) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 12th (3rd SR) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 13th (Admiralty Signals Establishment) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 32nd Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 33rd (County Borough of Croydon) Surrey Home Guard 51st (Malden) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 52nd (Surbiton) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 53rd Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 54th (Wimbledon) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 55th (Sutton & Cheam) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 56th (Epsom & Banstead) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 57th (Mitcham) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 58th (Purley) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 59th (Addington) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 60th (Croydon) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 61st (Norwood) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 62nd (Norbury) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 63rd (Richmond) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard 64th (Kingston) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard Southern Railways Home Guard 1st (Chichester) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 2nd (Petworth) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 3rd (Horsham) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 4th (Billingshurst) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 5th (Worthing) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 6th (Arundel) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 7th (Midhurst) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 8th (Bognor Regis & Selsey) Sussex Home Guard 9th (Shoreham) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 10th (East Brighton) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 11th (39th GPO) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 13th (Haywards Heath) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 14th (Hove) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 15th (West Brighton) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 16th (Lewes) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 17th (East Grinstead) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 18th (Crowborough) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 19th (Rother) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 20th (Hailsham) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 21st (Eastbourne) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 22nd (Brede) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 23rd (Hastings) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 24th (Uckfield) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 25th (2nd SR) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 26th (Worth Forest) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 1st Battalion, Sutherland Home Guard 1st Tyrone Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 2nd Tyrone Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 3rd Tyrone Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 4th Tyrone Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 5th Tyrone Battalion, Ulster Home Guard 1st (Warwick) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 2nd (Rugby) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 3rd (Nuneaton) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 4th (Stratford) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 5th (Solihull) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 6th (Sutton Coldfield) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 7th (Rugby) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 11th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 12th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 13th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 14th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 15th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 16th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 17th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 18th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 19th (Coventry) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 21st (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 22nd (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 23rd (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 24th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 25th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 26th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 27th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 28th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 29th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 30th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 31st (Birmingham City Transport) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 32nd (Birmingham City Transport) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 33rd (LMS) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 34th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 35th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 36th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 37th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 38th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 39th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 40th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 41st (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 42nd (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 43rd (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 44th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 45th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 46th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 47th (24th GPO) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 48th (Birmingham University STC) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 49th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 50th (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 51st (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 52nd (Birmingham) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard 17th (18 GPO) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 1st (Bradford) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 2nd (Bradford) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 3rd (Bradford) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 4th (Bradford) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 5th (Harrogate) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 6th (Harrogate) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 7th (Leeds) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 8th (Leeds) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 9th (Leeds) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 10th (Selby) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 11th (Tadcaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 12th (Tadcaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 13th (Tadcaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 14th (York) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 15th (16 GPO) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 16th (17 GPO) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 18th (Leeds) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 21st (Calder Valley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 22nd (Calder Valley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 23rd (Halifax) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 24th (Halifax) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 25th (Huddersfield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 26th (Huddersfield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 27th (Keighley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 28th (Keighley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 29th (Otley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 30th (Otley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 31st (Settle) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 32nd (Skipton) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 33rd (Skipton) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 34th (Upper Agbrigg) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 35th (Upper Agbrigg) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 36th (Upper Agbrigg) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 40th (Dewsbury) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 41st (Dewsbury) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 42nd (Hatfield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 43rd (Hatfield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 44th (Doncaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 45th (Doncaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 46th (Doncaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 47th (Goole) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 48th (Pontefract) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 49th (Pontefract) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 50th (Wakefield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 51st (Wakefield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 52nd (Wakefield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 55th (Rotherham) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 56th (Barnsley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 58th (Rotherham) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 59th (Rotherham) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 61st (Rotherham) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 62nd (Rotherham) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 63rd (Rotherham) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 64th (Sheffield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 65th (Sheffield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 66th (Sheffield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 67th (Sheffield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 68th (Sheffield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 69th (Sheffield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 70th (Staincross) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 71st (Staincross) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard 72nd (Staincross) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard Aire & Calder Navigation Coy, Home Guard 1st (The Rhinns) Battalion, Wigtownshire Home Guard 2nd (The Machars) Battalion, Wigtownshire Home Guard 1st (Chippenham) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 2nd (Malmesbury) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 3rd (Warminster) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 4th (Trowbridge) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 5th (Swindon) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 6th (Marlborough) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 7th (Salisbury) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 8th (Sarum City) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 9th (Cricklade) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 10th (Pewsey) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 11th (Factory) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 12th (Corsham) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 13th (GWR) Battalion, Wiltshire Home Guard 1st (Worcester City) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 2nd (Bromsgrove) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 3rd (Dudley) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 4th (Evesham) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 5th (Halesowen) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 6th (Kidderminster) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 7th (Malvern) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 8th (Oldbury) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 9th (Redditch) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 10th (Stourbridge) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 11th (Stourport) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 12th (Warley) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard 1st Battalion, Zetland Home Guard 301st Coast Battery, Home Guard    The Home Guard was begun at the outbreak of war with local volunteer units which were formed in several regions, as an unpaid voluntary part-time force organised in county battalions under War Office control. In May 1940 the Government asked for men aged between 17 and 65 to serve with the Local Defence Volunteers, they were given military style training and sparsely equipped with army uniforms, weapons and ammunition. Many of the men made their own weapons, a lethal mixture of pikes, clubs, knifes, molatov cocktails and fire traps. Due to the shortage of issued weapons the men used sporting guns if they were available. By the end of June one and half million men had joined and were undertaking training and mounting patrols to defend the British Isles against invasion. At the end of July 1940 the name was changed from Local Defence Volunteers to Home Guard. Their duty was to form a back-up to the regular army should the Germans invade. Whilst the main ranks were made up from men in reserved occupations, boys as young as 14 were allowed to join as messengers and the oldest volunteers were up to the age of 80. Each man was were expected to do 48 hours of voluntary service each month, on top of their daytime work. It was not until April 1943 that nominated women were officially allowed to join in the roles of cooks, clerks and drivers. 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1940 Accident Jan 1941 New HQ 23rd Jan 1941 Lectures Jan 1941 Reorganisation Feb 1941 Recollections 1st Feb 1941 Promotions 1st Feb 1941 Reorganisation 2nd of February 1941 Operation Order No. 1 13th Feb 1941 Aircraft Down 23rd Feb 1941  Air Raid 28th Feb 1941 On the Move March 1941 Reorganisation 9th Mar 1941 Parade 13th Mar 1941 Air Raid 14th Mar 1941 Aircraft Down 14th Mar 1941 Damage 31st Mar 1941 Reorganisation 10th Apr 1941  Air Raid 10th Apr 1941 Aircraft Down 11th Apr 1941 Aircraft Down 17th Apr 1941 Aircraft Down 19th April 1941 Air Raid 22nd Apr 1941 Enjoyable Evening 28th Apr 1941 New HQ 29th Apr 1941 Competition 2nd May 1941 Appointments 3rd May 1941 Factory Hit May 1941 Exercise 3rd of June 1941 44th Bn. Reconnaissance Corps Operation Order No 1. 29th June 1941 Exercise Jun 1941 Defences 4th July 1941 Drowning 9th Jul 1941 Cricket Team 19th Jul 1941 Exercise 20th Jul 1941 Exercise 20th Jul 1941 Exercise 28th July 1941 Exercise 16th Aug 1941 Sports 1st Sep 1941 Air Raid 3rd Sep 1941 Musketry 6th Sep 1941 Exercise 6th Sep 1941 Exercise 14th September 1941 Inspection 21st Sep 1941 Call to Join 22nd Sep 1941 Reorganisation 2nd Nov 1941 Home Guard Tested 2nd Nov 1941 Exercise 15th Nov 1941 New CO 29th Nov 1941 Football 20th Dec 1941 Exercise 21st Dec 1941 Exercise 26th Dec 1941 Festivities 31st Dec 1941 Defences 1st Jan 1941 Promotions 3rd Jan 1942 Home Guard Under Review Jan 1942 Move 2nd Apr 1942 Visit 1st May 1942 Air Raid 4th May 1942 Air Raid 5th Jun 1942 Bomb Explodes 1942 Weapons 8th Jun 1942 Training 12th Jun 1942 Musketry 26th Jun 1942 Air Raid 30th June 1942 Funerals 20th Jul 1942 Exercise  Doncaster Home Guard took part in an assault exercise, which included swiming across a river. THE HOME GUARD 1939-45 © IWM (H 21585) 2nd Platoon, C Company, Doncaster Home Guard on execise. 30th July 1942 Air Raid 31st Jul 1942 Excerises 28th Aug 1942 Air Raid Sep 1942 Inspection   The Admiralty Company of the Home Guard fallen in and waiting for the arrival of the Prime Minister. © IWM (A 11596) Mr Churchill inspects the 58th (Civil Service) London Battalion, Home Guard. © IWM (A 11597) © IWM (A 11595) 8th Sep 1942 Exercise 1st Oct 1942 Reorganisation 16th Oct 1942 Air Raid 28th Oct 1942 Deferments to End 11th Dec 1942 Ball 7th February 1943 RAF exercise with Home Guard 3rd Mar 1943 Duties 14th Mar 1943 Air Raid 1st May 1943 Shelling 16th May 1943 Air Raid 24th May 1943 Air Raid 25th May 1943 Air Raid 9th Jul 1943 First Aid 4th August 1943 Defence 25th August 1943 Orders 28th August 1943 Orders 1st September 1943 Exercise 17th September 1943 Location change 10th Oct 1943  Competition 11th Oct 1943  Guard Duty & Training 12th Oct 1943  Guard Duty 13th Oct 1943  Guard Duty & Training 14th Oct 1943  Guard Duty & Training 15th Oct 1943  Guard Duty 16th Oct 1943  Guard Duty 24th Oct 1943 Tragedy 4th Jan 1944 Exercise 15th Jan 1944 Dance 24th Mar 1944 Aircraft Down 13th Jun 1944 Shelling 19th Aug 1943 Inquest 1st Nov 1944 Reminders 19th Nov 1944 Parade 29th Nov 1944 Stand Down Celebrations 3rd Dec 1944 Parade 17th Nov 1945 Claims  Records If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. List of those who served with the Home Guard during the Second World War. Cecil Adams.     Feltwell Btn. Sgt.Mjr, Thomas Alton.     Durham 18th (West Hartlepool) Battalion, Elwick Platoon Warren Back.     Feltwell Btn. L/Cpl. J. Bacon.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Alec Banham.     Feltwell Btn. Sgt. A. Banks.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Flt.Sgt. Joseph Thomas "Jock" Barclay.     466 Squadron Read their Story. Reginald William Barks.     Read their Story. S/Sgt. Nowell Royson Rex Bashford.     Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 71st Line of Communication Workshops 2/1 (NY) KAR Read their Story. William Battle.     58th Battalion, Surrey Regiment (d.18th August 1940) Read their Story. George Baxter.     Feltwell Btn. Lt. T. Bell.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Capt. John Pugh Benson.     Home Guard 12th Cheshire (Macclesfield) Battalion Read their Story. Sgt. Stanley Zealley Bird.     Home Guard 6th Ox & Bucks Btn. Read their Story. CQMS. James Birkett.     4th Wiltshire (Trowbridge) Btn. (d.1st Jun 1942) Read their Story. Pte Thomas William Birtle.     Durham 19th (Stockton on Tees) Battalion, Thorpe Thewles Platoon Read their Story. Sgt. Thomas Wybert Birtle.     Durham 19th (Stockton on Tees) Battalion Read their Story. Pte. H. Boswell.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Thomas Bradley.     (d.23rd February 1944) Read their Story. John Brinsmead.     Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Walter Brown.     Feltwell Btn. George Burton.     3rd. C.O.L. Battn. Read their Story. Pte. A. Byers.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Sid Carpenter.     Feltwell Btn. 2nd Lt. W. R. G. Carter.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Capt. A. J. Caterer.     Workington Btn. E Coy. Read their Story. 2nd Lt. S. Caux.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Pte. Walter Jack Champion.     Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Btn. Read their Story. Tpr. Arthur Gerald Chester.     North Irish Horse Read their Story. Mjr. J. G. Chicken.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. Capt. A. E. Church.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Cpl. W. Cockton.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Sgt. Joseph Colgrave. DCM, MID.    4th Berkshire Battalion Read their Story. Trpr. Frank Cooke.     King's Dragoon Guards 1st Btn., 2nd Troop Read their Story. Alan Cooper.     Feltwell Btn. Pte. T. H. Cowan.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Pte. W. Coyle.     Workington Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. lt. Crellin.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. George Crichton.     Windsor Btn. William Frederick Crosson.     Windsor Btn. Lt. Ambrose Henry Thomas Crowson.     3rd Warwickshire (Nuneaton) Btn. Read their Story. Lt. L. L. Cunningham.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Frank Curtis.     Feltwell Btn. Sgt. Alec Edwin Davies.     Highland Light Infantry 6th Btn. Read their Story. Thomas Dawson.     11th (West Newcastle) Battalion, Northumberland William Frederick Dear.     lt. F. Dempster.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. Arthur Dennington.     Feltwell Btn. Pte. Clayton Henry Watkin Dight.     Middlesex Regiment Heston Home Guard Read their Story. Col. T. Dix-Perkin.     Workington Btn. Read their Story. lt. Dixon.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. Lt. J. Doggart.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Mjr. C. A. Donnithorne. DCM.    Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. CQMS. Miles Dracup.     Home Guard Read their Story. Pte. William Dryden.     Greatham Btn. Read their Story. Lt. W. Edgar.     Workington Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. Pte. J. Edwards.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Gnr. William Edwards.     Workington Btn. E Coy. LAA Bty. Read their Story. William Henry Edwards. MM.    Read their Story. Capt. W. G. Elliot.     Workington Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. William Eyres.     Feltwell Btn. Pte. Horace Chadwick Fairclough. MM.    Read their Story. Lt J. Ferguson.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Lt. J. S. Ferguson.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Fisher.     Durham Light Infantry Home Guard 23rd Btn. Pte. R. Fishwick.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Charles Fletcher.     Feltwell Btn. Len Fletcher.     Feltwell Btn. Lt. T. Fletcher.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. George Nicholas Fondos.     Home Guard Read their Story. George Nicholas Fondos.     7th Durham (Jarrow) Btn (d.10th Apr 1941) Read their Story. Mervyn Gardiner.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Jack Garner.     Feltwell Btn. L/Cpl. James Gill.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Read their Story. Russ Godwin.     Royal Engineers Read their Story. Sgt. Mjr. George Goss.     562nd Coast-Regiment 406th Coast-Battery Read their Story. Thomas James Graves.     Wiltshire Home Guard Read their Story. Capt. F. Gregory.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Joseph Edward Grime .     ARP (d.3rd August 1944) Read their Story. Joe Grindale.     Sketon Btn. Lance Sgt. Alfred Hall.     562nd Coast-Regiment 406th Coast-Battery Read their Story. Lt. N. Hambler.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Mjr. Patrick J. Hammond.     Workington Btn. E Coy. Drmr. Robert Alphonsus Hannan.     Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Read their Story. Lt. H. Harper.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Lt. R. W. Harrison.     Workington Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. William Harvey.     Feltwell Btn. Mjr. K. W. Hawker.     4th Billingshurst Btn. Robert Haylett. MC & Bar    Read their Story. Gnr. Tom Hetherington.     562nd Coast-Regiment 406th Coast-Battery Read their Story. Lt. G. Heyworth.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Hicks.     Feltwell Btn. Pte. Henry Alfred "Harry" Hodgson.     Read their Story. Mjr. M. S. Hodgson.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Alfred Joseph "Dutch" Holland.     Read their Story. Lt. J. Houghton.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Pte. Dennis James Houston.     Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Btn. Read their Story. Stephen Howlett.     Feltwell Btn. Sgt. H. Hubert Bayliff.     562nd Coast-Regiment 406th Coast-Battery Read their Story. Lt John William Hulme.     Read their Story. Pte. J. Hunter.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Cpl. Ned Hunter.     Workington Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. Capt. Irving.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. Edwin Irving.     Sketon Btn. Mjr. L. R. G. Jenkins. MC.    Workington Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. Henry Johnson.     Feltwell Btn. William Johnston.     Read their Story. Sgt. William Alexander Kay.     RAOC Read their Story. George Frederick Keen.     Read their Story. Ernest King.     Feltwell Btn. Lt. G. Kirkbride.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Tom Lacey. MID    Royal Horse Artillery 12th Regiment HAC Read their Story. Cpl William Lake. MiD.    Royal Signals 102 HQ Sub Area Beach Signals Read their Story. Ken Lambert.     Feltwell Btn. William Land.     Feltwell Btn. Roy James Earnest Lang.     HMS Europa Read their Story. Lt. W. L. Laurie.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Gnr. R. G. Lawson.     562nd Coast-Regiment 406th Coast-Battery Read their Story. George Henry Leach.     Read their Story. Kenneth Lemon.     Feltwell Btn. Percy Lemon.     Feltwell Btn. William Lewins.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Lt. J. E. Little.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Tommy Llewellyn.     Feltwell Btn. Corporal William Patrick Logie-Robertson.     Abe MacInroy.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Read their Story. Charles MacInroy.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Read their Story. Frederick Thomas March.     Read their Story. Harry Marriner.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Sgt. John William Marshall. MM.    West Yorkshire 1st (Bradford) Battalion Read their Story. Pte. James McEwan. MM.    Home Guard Read their Story. Bernard McIver.     Staffordshire Regiment 18th Btn. Read their Story. Capt. T. G. McKeating.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. Lt. W. McKeating.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. Pte. A. McMullen.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Pte. R. McNarry.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. T. Mitchell.     Black Watch Read their Story. Capt. J. Moffatt.     Workington Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. John Moor.     Durham 18th (West Hartlepool) Battalion Read their Story. Henry Grosvenor "Alec" Moorcroft.     Read their Story. Mervyn Morley.     Feltwell Btn. Lt. J. Mounsey.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Gnr. Will Muscott.     562nd Coast-Regiment 406th Coast-Battery Read their Story. Pte. B. Needham.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Pte. H. G. Neill.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Capt. S. Ogilvie.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Jack Orange.     Feltwell Btn. Able Sea. Raymond Arthur Osborn.     HMS Howe Read their Story. Lt. T. Ousby.     Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Pte. R. Park.     Workington Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. William Arthur Parkes.     South Lancashire Home Guard Read their Story. Sid Payne.     Feltwell Btn. Read their Story. Thomas Peacock.     11th (West Newcastle) Battalion, Northumberland Westerhope Platoon PO. John Charles Leonard Poe.     Fleet Air Arm 774 Squadron Read their Story. Fred Price.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Cpl. S. Price.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Sgt. Ronald George Frederick Prowse.     158 Squadron Read their Story. Maurice Pryer.     Feltwell Btn. Geoffrey Pylon.     Feltwell Btn. Pte S. Ray.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Herbert Reeve.     Feltwell Btn. Col. Reid.     Windsor Btn. Frederick Richardson. GM.    Read their Story. Hardy Robert.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Sgt. Francis John Roberts.     Devonshire Home Guard 5th (St. Austell) Btn. Read their Story. Major. Lewis Arnold Philip Roots. D.C.M.    28th Kent (1st Southern Railway) Battalion Read their Story. Mjr. Rose. QC.     3rd. C.O.L. Battn. Rothery.     Henfield Btn. Read their Story. Harry Ruddock.     6 & 7 platoons Merrow and the Downs 4th Guildford Battalion, Surrey Read their Story. Pte. Kenneth Maurice Ruddock.     Royal Norfolk Regiment 1st Btn. A Coy. Read their Story. Edgar Harry Rutterford.     Feltwell Btn. Cook Read their Story. Sid Ryan.     Feltwell Btn. Sandbash.     Woodmancote Btn. Read their Story. Pte R. Simpson.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Lt. E. Small.     Workington Btn. D Coy. Read their Story. Lt. H. Smith.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Raymond South.     Windsor Btn. Read their Story. Jack Southgate.     Feltwell Btn. Les Spencer.     Feltwell Btn. Jonty Stalker.     Sketon Btn. Read their Story. Lt. R. Stevenson.     Workington Btn. B Coy. Read their Story. Phillip Steward.     Feltwell Btn. Ernest Stoker.     11th (West Newcastle) Battalion, Northumberland F. J. Swan.     3rd (West Leicester) Battalion No 1 platoon Read their Story. Pte. Jack Taylor.     Durham 11th (Durham) Battalion Read their Story. Edmund Thomas. MM.    Read their Story. Albert Tombling.     Read their Story. Pte. James Tough.     Home Guard Read their Story. Sgt. Sidney Twigg.     Home Guard Read their Story. Lt. E. W. Usher. DCM. MM.    Workington Btn. C Coy. Read their Story. Billy Vale.     Feltwell Btn. Brian Campbell Vickery.     Royal Ordnance Factory 37 Chemist Read their Story. Ernie Vine.     Feltwell Btn. Stan Walker.     Feltwell Btn. Wilfred Wash.     Feltwell Btn. Pte J. Watchorne.     Workington Btn. Signal Sect. Read their Story. Sgt. Lionel Joseph "Whacker" Watkins.     5th Gloucestershire Battalion Read their Story. Charles Watson.     Durham 18th (West Hartlepool) Battalion Read their Story. Norman Watson.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Pte. John Joseph Henry "Topper" White.     Home Guard Read their Story. Bert Wilkinson.     Durham 8th (South Shields) Battalion Jack Wilkinson.     Durham 23rd (Washington) Battalion Read their Story. Mjr. Tommy Wilkinson.     Sketon Btn. Bdr. Ernie Wilson.     562nd Coast-Regiment 406th Coast-Battery Read their Story. Douglas Wing.     Feltwell Btn. Jack Wing.     Feltwell Btn. Dan Wortley.     Feltwell Btn. Charlie Wright.     Feltwell Btn. Ken Wright.     Feltwell Btn. Raymond Wright.     Feltwell Btn. Cpl. Ernest Wylie.     Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Thomas Young.     Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion Read their Story. Records of the Home Guard from other sources. If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. Lt John William Hulme My Father, John William Hulme was Lt. Hulme in Cleobury Mortimer Home Guard, South Shropshire. Can anyone provide any information on the Home Guard in South Shropshire? Gill M. Hulme Add to this record. Reginald William Barks My father, Reginald William Barks, served in the Home Guard in Ipstones near Leek in Staffordshire. Rose Sutton Add to this record. Joseph Edward Grime ARP (d.3rd August 1944) I'm researching our Family Tree and we have very little information about my husbands' paternal grandfather, whom we believe served in London in the ARP, being killed in either Croydon or Crawley towards the end of the war, in active duty. His name was Joseph Grime and he was from Stoke on Trent. We think he'd have been born around 1908 and he was married to Florence. He left two children, Norman and Pauline, who, as they were so young at the time, didn't know very much about their daddy, only that they should be very proud of him. Steve, my husband, lost his dad very young too, so we're at a bit of a loss to find out more about this brave man. I have a lead on his gravestone in Stoke, so next time we're up there we'll be searching it out but in the meantime I'll let you know if I find out anything else. If anyone has any suggestions for searches for him, we'd be so very grateful. UPDATE: Joseph Edward Grime served with the Home Guard. He died at Ministry of Works Depot., Aurelia Road, Croydon on the 3rd of August 1944. He was aged 38 and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Grime, of 61 Yoxall Avenue, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent and husband of Florence Mary Grime, of 1 Oxford Crescent, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. Louise Grime Add to this record. Robert Haylett MC & Bar I have for a number of years tried to trace how my Grandfather, Robert Haylett, 37931, 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry, won his Military Cross. During WWI, he was commissioned in the field from Company Sergeant-Major to Lieutenant and then to Captain. I have an old portrait of him in the uniform of the Home Guard during WW2, it is a photo that has been “touched up” ie coloured. On it he is shown wearing his WW1 medal ribbons and what appears to be two white and purple ribbons. I remember seeing the medals and there was a small silver rosette on the MC, signifying a second award. If you have any information or know where I can obtain it please contact me. William Haylett Add to this record. Frederick Richardson GM. My grandfather Frederick Richardson served in the local Home Guard and was awarded the George Medal for bravery. However, I cannot seem to find any record or reference to it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Guy Richardson Add to this record. George Burton 3rd. C.O.L. Battn. I joined the Home Guard as a messenger with 3rd. C.O.L.Battn. we were based at 10 Stone Bldgs. Lincoln Inn (with the Inns of Court T.A.) in August 1940. Our O/C was Maj. Rose, a QC, a lot of members were either barristers or lawyers. I was 14yrs old at the time and lived at Drury lane, before going into the army at 17 1/2 yrs. Through the day I worked as a vanboy in Smithfield meat market. When I first joined with my bicycle, the only weapons we had were Pikes, which were nearly twice my height,later we got the American p14 rifle, and later still got a Piat gun, we also got a lot of training from the Hampshire Regt. Before I got my uniform I just had a forage cap with the Royal Fusiliers badge and an L.D.V. armband, later we got issued with just denims before khaki issue. George Burton Add to this record. F. J. Swan No 1 platoon 3rd (West Leicester) Battalion As an underage member (graduating from the Army Cadets aged 15) of No 1 platoon, 3rd (West Leicester) Battalion, Home Guard, I vividly remember during our training sessions, being shown a road block entry to the village which consisted of holes set across the road, into which we had to insert upright lengths of tram track cut into about six foot lengths. We were then shown how we should take one of these lengths, and ram it into an enemy tank track. Another masterpiece which we were instructed to do, was to use our Boyes anti tank rifle, which fired a half inch bore bullet, to dent the rim of a German "Tiger" tank gun turret so that it could not be traversed. The bullet itself was insufficient to penetrate the armour plate of the tank. We later had a "PIAT" launcher issued to us. This had a missile loaded into a cradle and was fired from on the shoulder like a bazooka. The missile itself looked like a small bomb, with fins, but also it had a long point at the front. The principle was that the charge would go down this point, after penetrating the armour, and explode inside the tank. Fortunately, we never had need to try out these items in real life. After D Day, a lot of Home Guard units were used, on a voluntary basis, and at weekends, to pack various items of ordnance for use by the Army in France. Our particular task seemed to be make bundles of cross pieces for for the top of signal posts to attach the wires to,like telegraph poles. I was called up just 4 days before Christmas in 1944, and went to Cameron Barracks in Inverness. I was told to report in my Home Guard uniform. F J Swann Add to this record. Next Page    Last Page     The next set of stories will appear below the list of names, please scroll down to read them. Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. 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