HOME GUARD MEMORIES AND INFORMATION - OXFORDSHIRE, WITNEY
3rd OXFORDSHIRE BATTALION, WITNEY Coy.
DE HAVILLAND Platoon
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Pte. STANLEY R. BRITTON
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Description: A group comprising (probably) the entire Witney Company of the 3rd Oxfordshire Battalion, Home Guard
Location: St. Mary's Church, Witney
Date: probably War Weapons Week, 14th September 1941; possibly on one of the anniversaries of the foundation of the Home Guard, celebrated in mid-May of each year from 1941 to 1944
Identifications: just one to date. Ivor Rackley is seated in the front row, 7th from the left
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Description: The Witney Platoon of the 3rd Oxfordshire Battalion, Home Guard, or a section of that Platoon (but not the De Havilland Company Works Platoon).
Location: St. Mary's Church, Witney
Date: probably War Weapons Week, 14th September 1941; possibly on one of the anniversaries of the foundation of the Home Guard, celebrated in mid-May of each year from 1941 to 1944
Identifications: none to date
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Both of the above images originate from the Witney and District Museum, Witney, Oxfordshire via the good offices of SJ (of Oxfordshire) and AB (Warkworth, N.Z.), to all of whom grateful acknowledgement is made.
The one identification provided so far is made by SR of Witney, the great-granddaughter of the officer concerned to whom staffshomeguard is very grateful.
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