home guard

  1. William Barradall EYLES

    William Barradall EYLES

    Volunteer William Barradall Eyles, 5th Gloucestershire Battalion, Home Guard. Husband of Josephine I nee Hill. Died 3rd February 1941 aged 29. Buried at St Bartholomew's churchyard, Churchdown, Gloucestershire
  2. Home Guard with Universal Carrier

    Home Guard with Universal Carrier

  3. John Ernest HUTTON (Belfast City Hall Home Guard)

    John Ernest HUTTON (Belfast City Hall Home Guard)

  4. John Ernest HUTTON

    John Ernest HUTTON

  5. Brown Arthur Dennis

    Brown Arthur Dennis

    Private of the 24th Stafford (Tettenhall) Battalion, Home Guard. Son of Alfred John & Rosetta of Hadley and husband of Winifred May of Oxley, Staffordshire Buried at Hadley General Cemetery, Shropshire
  6. Jackson Harry

    Jackson Harry

    Volunteer 11th North Riding Battalion, Home Guard, died 24th July 1940, 19 son of Thomas & Ada of High Ellington Buried at St Mary's churchyard, Masham, Yorkshire
  7. Wilfred Thomas Oldman

    Wilfred Thomas Oldman

  8. Wheeler Arthur John

    Wheeler Arthur John

    3rd Gloucestershire Battalion (Cirencester) Home Guard, husband of Mabel Blanche of Broadwell, Gloucestershire
  9. Kirk Ireton Elinor Blackwall War Memorial

    Kirk Ireton Elinor Blackwall War Memorial

    Private Mermorial
  10. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    Members of a Home Guard unit being taught some essential German
  11. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    Members of the 1st County of London Battalion of the Home Guard at guard duties at Buckingham Palace, the London 'home' of the then British king
  12. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    The Home Guard capture an 'enemy' parachutist during an exercise
  13. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    Members of the Home Guard training with Molotov Cocktails
  14. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    A national newspaper's own Home Guard unit being inspected by the owner
  15. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    A Home Guard Lewis gunner in the Highlands of Scotland
  16. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    Men of the Home Guard learn how to shoot down a low-flying Lysander
  17. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    Members of the Home Guard being shown how a grenade works
  18. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    A Home Guard detachment ambush a regular army vehicle at a road junction. Note the sandbagged emplacement to the right of the car.
  19. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    A Home Guard parade, complete with uniforms and equipment
  20. Operation Sea-lion

    Operation Sea-lion

    Mass producing Molotov cocktails for the Home Guard, August 1940
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