Stories categorised in 'Home Guard'. These stories may contain references to other themes. One night during a particularly heavy period of bombing, my grandfather was out and my grandmother in bed ...

THE HOME Guard was formed in May 1940 after the newly-appointed Secretary of State for War, Anthony Eden, made a radio broadcast calling on all men aged between 17 and 65 to become part-time soldiers.

The man on the right points to the seven victory 'notches' on the aeroplane's tail Central Press/Getty Images 8 September 1940: A Home Guard soldier stands beside the wing of a German Junkers 88 ...

A ‘Home Guard’ defence force could be established to protect key British infrastructure, it has been claimed. Part of the upcoming Strategic Defence Review (SDR), the new military branch would ...

British Home Guard, WW2. In episode 5, Kasia accuses Sir James of being cold-hearted toward war victims like the reluctant Polish spy who died by suicide. “To you, ...

More than 170 World War II-era practice bombs have been found beneath a playground in England during a renovation of the site, reflecting the long legacy of a war that ended nearly 80 years ago.

WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site: Contact Us: Home Guard by cambsaction. You are browsing in: ... with British soldiers occupying one area and Americans another.

When the call came from Winston Churchill for volunteers to form a Home Guard (Dad’s Army) I couldn’t wait to join. At only 17 years old and working at he local garage I enquired right away.

A4422980 Submitted by the British Schools Museum with the permission of the writer, Mrs Betty Goble. In the early days of the war my father Charles Bentley was in the South Croydon Home Guard.