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THE HOME GUARD OF GREAT BRITAIN
1940-1944

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in counties throughout the country

ONE BATTALION'S DETAILED STORY
The 32nd Staffordshire (Aldridge) Battalion

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The dates shown
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GENERAL INFORMATION PAGES

INTRODUCTION
 
THE START OF WORLD WAR II
THE DEFENCE OF GT. BRITAIN'S POPULATION
THE HOME GUARD AND THE 32nd BATTN.
 incl. Site Guide

HOME GUARD TIMELINE
LINKS and FURTHER READING

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(Page repaired and updated 21 March 2021)

VISITORS' MESSAGES: 2005 - to date
GENERAL INFORMATION on THE HOME GUARD
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Auxiliary Units - The British Resistance  - Despatch Riders - Establishment of HG - Financial Cost - Lapel Badges -  Paperwork and Bumf - Reenactment/Living History Groups (16 Aug 21) - Searching for HG members .. and Missing Members - Structure info (link) - Timeline
- Training Manuals etc. (28 July 2023) - Training Rifles - Typical HQ locations - Unit Histories (3 July 23) - Western Command HG Orders
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SPECIFIC HOME GUARD UNITS

MEMORIES  and  INFORMATION
relating to units
in

THE WEST MIDLANDS COUNTIES
of

SHROPSHIRE
STAFFORDSHIRE -- incl. Wolverhampton etc (4 Feb 24)
WARWICKSHIRE - incl. Birmingham etc. (3 Feb 2024
)
WORCESTERSHIRE
 (20 Aug 23)
and in
ALL OTHER U.K. COUNTIES and REGIONS

  A - E
ABERDEENSHIRE
- ANGLESEY (Feb 22) ARGYLLSHIRE -  AYRSHIRE - BEDFORDSHIRE - BERKSHIRE - BRECONSHIRE - BUCKINGHAMSHIRE  - CAERNARVONSHIRE (Feb 22) - CAMBRIDGESHIRE - CARMARTHENSHIRE - CHESHIRE - CORNWALL(Mch 22) - COUNTY DURHAM - CUMBERLAND - DENBIGHSHIRE (Feb 22) - DERBYSHIRE - DEVONSHIRE  - DORSET -DUMFRIESSHIRE -EAST LOTHIAN - ESSEX

 F - L
GLAMORGAN - GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3 July 2023) - HAMPSHIRE  - HEREFORDSHIRE  - HERTFORDSHIRE - HUNTINGDONSHIREINVERNESSSHIRE - ISLE OF MAN -ISLE OF WIGHT - KENT (New! 29 Nov 23) - KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE - LANARKSHIRE (incl. GLASGOW) (9 Mch 23) - LANCASHIRE - LEICESTERSHIRE - LINCOLNSHIRE - LONDON (22 Feb 23)
    
  M - S
 MERIONETHSIRE/MONTGOMERYSHIRE (Feb 22)MIDDLESEX  -  MIDLOTHIANSHIRE - MONMOUTHSHIRE - NORFOLK  -NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - NORTHERN IRELAND- NORTHUMBERLAND - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - OXFORDSHIRE  -
PEMBROKESHIRE - PERTHSHIRE - POWYS -RENFREWSHIRE - RUTLAND - SELKIRKSHIRE -SOMERSET - SUFFOLK  - SURREY  - SUSSEX   
also NEWFOUNDLAND)
   
 

 T - Z
WESTMORLAND - WILTSHIRE  -  YORKSHIRE
(New! 29 Nov 23)

 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 32nd (ALDRIDGE) BATTALION

covering
Aldridge, Barr Beacon, Brownhills, Little Aston, Pelsall, Pheasey, Rushall, Shelfield, Streetly, Walsall Wood
and nearby areas

THE HOME GUARD AND THE 32nd BATTN. 

"HOME GUARDING" 
- THE BATTALION’S STORY

(told in the members' own words in 1944 and 1945)

INDEX OF SURNAMES AND PLACE NAMES 
    LIST OF OFFICERS
OFFICERS' GROUP PHOTOGRAPH 1943
MAP OF BATTALION AREA
BIOGRAPHIES
"B" Coy. - LITTLE ASTON/STREETLY PLATOONS
IMAGES
HISTORY

A PRIVATE'S VIEW
A TEENAGER'S MEMORIES

TERRITORY MAP
THE FODEN AND CUTLER FAMILIES
"C" Coy. - BROWNHILLS
"E" Coy. - ALDRIDGE
"F" Coy. - WALSALL WOOD

MEMORIES  and  INFORMATION

Aldridge, Barr Beacon, Brownhills, Little Aston, PelsallPheasey, Ru
shall
ShelfieldStreetly, Walsall Wood and neighbouring areas.

 


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32nd BATTALION NAMES

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OTHER HISTORY PAGES - NON-HOME GUARD

This website also hosts several pages of historical interest but with little or no relevance to Home Guard matters:
Scenes from a Soldier's Photo Album - 3rd Cameron Highlanders, Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, 1919
'With Fondest Love, Trev.' - Letters Home of Lt. E. Trevor Evans R.F.C./R.A.F. - 34 and 206 Squadrons - 1917-1919
Trevor Evans at Nannau, Dolgellau - March/April 1918 - New! November 2023
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, Birmingham - Winter 1942/43
A Luftwaffe View of Birmingham - November 1940
History of Kynoch, Birmingham (ICI, IMI etc.) - 1862-to date
Memories of Streetly, Staffordshire 1936-1961
New! (April 2022 with regular additions thereafter)

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