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I was very upset because I had loved this way of life; we had trained with the Wellington Bombers all along...

Called to the Daimler Fire

It was Easter Bank holiday Monday 1941, I was 31 and a full-time Fireman attached to the Keresley Fire...

parachute mines

My Father was a member of the Home Guard in Evesham. One night when he was on duty a land mine came...

A Correction.

My Father was in the Home Guard in Birmingham. He won a DSM for capturing a German airman who bailed out...

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My father was in the Home Guard as he was a telegraphist on the railway. He became a Colour Sergeant in the...

A Home Guard in Yorkshire

A Home Guard in Yorkshire...

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