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THE 32ND STAFFORDSHIRE (ALDRIDGE) BATTALION
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THIS WEBSITE PROVIDES:

GENERAL INFORMATION
about the Home Guard.

INFORMATION ABOUT MANY SPECIFIC HOME GUARD UNITS
in counties throughout the country

(especially, but not exclusively, the West Midlands counties of  
Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
).

ONE BATTALION'S DETAILED STORY
THE 32ND (ALDRIDGE) BATTALION, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOME GUARD

defending
Aldridge, Barr Beacon, Brownhills, Little Aston, Pelsall, Pheasey, Rushall, Shelfield, Streetly, Walsall Wood

and nearby areas of central England.



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SPECIFIC HOME GUARD UNITS

MEMORIES  and  INFORMATION
relating to units

in
THE WEST MIDLANDS COUNTIES
of

SHROPSHIRE (28 Mch 10)
STAFFORDSHIRE -- incl. Wolverhampton etc (23 Mch 09)
WARWICKSHIRE - incl. Birmingham etc. (25 June 10)
WORCESTERSHIRE (11 Jan 10)

and in
ALL OTHER U.K. COUNTIES and REGIONS

(20 June 10)

  A - E
ABERDEENSHIRE
- ARGYLLSHIRE -  AYRSHIRE - BEDFORDSHIRE - BERKSHIRE - BRECONSHIRE - BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - CAMBRIDGESHIRE - CHESHIRE - CORNWALL - COUNTY DURHAM - CUMBERLAND - DENBIGHSHIRE - DERBYSHIRE - DEVONSHIRE - DORSET -DUMFRIESSHIRE -EAST LOTHIAN - ESSEX

 F - L
GLAMORGAN - GLOUCESTERSHIRE - HAMPSHIRE - HEREFORDSHIRE - HERTFORDSHIRE - HUNTINGDONSHIREINVERNESSSHIRE - ISLE OF MAN -ISLE OF WIGHT - KENT -KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE - LANCASHIRE - LEICESTERSHIRE - LINCOLNSHIRE - LONDON
    
  M - S
    
MIDDLESEX - MIDLOTHIANSHIRE - MONMOUTHSHIRE - NORFOLK -NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - NORTHERN IRELAND - NORTHUMBERLAND - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - OXFORDSHIRE - PERTHSHIRE - POWYS -RENFREWSHIRE - RUTLAND - SELKIRKSHIRE -SOMERSET - SUFFOLK - SURREY - SUSSEX   
 (also NEWFOUNDLAND)    
 

 T - Z
WESTMORLAND - WILTSHIRE -  YORKSHIRE

 N.B.  All locations are listed alphabetically within the above sections.  Listings  are on the basis of 1940s county boundaries - thus Birmingham is in  Warwickshire, Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, Bristol in Gloucestershire,  Cardiff in Glamorgan, Edinburgh in Midlothian, etc.   London is however  London.

 The dates shown are those of the most recent addition within the section.


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OTHER HISTORY PAGES - NON-HOME GUARD

For convenience this website also hosts several pages of historical interest but little or no relevance to Home Guard matters:
Scenes from a Soldier's Photo Album - 3rd Cameron Highlanders, Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, 1919 (New)
'With Fondest Love, Trev.' - Letters Home of Lt. E. Trevor Evans R.F.C./R.A.F. - 34 and 206 Squadrons - 1917-1919 (New)
The Story of Wilbur Arnold John, R.A.F., 206 Squadron -1918
Two Birmingham Businessmen in Berlin - 1932
Charles Barry's Building: King Edward's School, New Street, Birmingham - 1838-1936
The Knowle & Dorridge Volunteers - 1918
A Memory of New Street, Bimingham - Winter 1942/43
A Luftwaffe View of Birmingham - November 1940
History of Kynoch, Birmingham (ICI, IMI etc.) - 1862-to date

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