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The German Pilot and the Home Guard

A German plane crashed nearby and its pilot went to the pub to hand himself in. The German pilot walks into...

My Father in the Home Guard

My father was in the local platoon of the Home Guard in 1940, which was known as the Local Defence...

Life on the Irish Front

My Grandfather, James Colclough was growing up on the Irish front in Dublin, Ireland... When the German...

One Morning on the Milk Round

I was in a reserved occupation as I was a farmer with a milk round. One morning I remember seeing a German...

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One Nazi cow...

One Nazi cow.. They fired, and before the sounds of the shots had died away, there was a long...

Home Guard

We lived in a small cottage on Bog Height Road at the Blackburn - Darwen boundary. There was an empty...

Truro Home Guardicon for Story with photo

This photograph was given to me, Carolyn Hendra by my father, John Hendra, from Feock. In the picture you...

My Dadicon for Story with photo

This is a picture of my dad in his Home Guard uniform - I do not remember any of the other men's...

Home Guard Booklet part2icon for Story with photo

Christine's grandfather Alder Harris was in the Home Guard and this extract shows how to go about...

Home Guard bookleticon for Story with photo

Home Guard booklet...

Abaht turn!

Abaht turn. The railway home guard were so bad at 'abaht turninn' that the drill sargeant marched...

Home Guard - 1st Aid Instructionsicon for Story with photo

Home Guard - 1st Aid Instructions...

Photo of armbands: Scotlandicon for Story with photo

Photo of armbands: Scotland...

Lustleigh Home Guardicon for Story with photo

Lustleigh Home Guard...

Reminiscences of a Hampshire Home Guard

On this first patrol, or sentry duty, we were armed with one First World War German rifle and bayonet - a...

“My War”

But I was to be excluded from the ‘fighting’ — I was to travel to Burnhope to collect a...

The Home Guard in South Cheshire

Members of the Coole Pilate Platoon went on Guard Duty on Coole Pilate canal bridge, the highest spot...

My Grandfather - A Full Time Military Guardicon for Story with photo

My Grandfather, Andrew Cameron worked as a full-time Military Guard at the combined AC Sphinx and Delco,...

Exmouth Home Guard

Other weapons used by some units of the Home Guard were Thompson sub-machine guns, Lewis machine guns and...

IN THE HOME GUARD

The requirement at the time was not specific but turned out to be an Anti-Aircraft Rocket site in the...

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Their "posts" were dotted around the countryside, placed where the men had all-round vision for...

St Dennis and Goss Moor - Home Guard

It is an extract from a book he wrote in 2004 called 'St Dennis and Goss Moor', published by...

Schoolboy's Memories

Following Churchill's famous 'fight them on the beaches'speech it was deemed necessary to have...

FARMER DART'S GOAT

The reply was, “I be aiming at the target sir” “No you're not”, said the...

Records of Hampshire Home Guard unitsicon for Story with photo

Typed notes by Major A G Wade MC, Officer Commanding 'B' Company, 24th Battalion Hampshire Home...

The Home Guard

The Headquarters was an Aladins cave to a boy.There were handgrenades,.303 rifles,Sten and Thompson sub...

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