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This
is a page within the www.staffshomeguard.co.uk website. To
see full contents, go to SITE
MAP.
Most recent update: 26th November 2007
This section of the site
includes information and memories relevant to the Home Guard
as a whole and not specific to individual units. Please go
to Site Map
to find those sections containing information about specific
units.
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HOME
GUARD TIMELINE: 1938 - 1945
Click to see the Key Dates
of the Home Guard's life set within the context of related
domestic U.K. events and the political and military course
of the war.
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FINANCIAL
COST OF THE HOME GUARD
Official information issued
in 1944 relating to the cost of the Home Guard to the nation.
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SEARCHING
FOR INDIVIDUAL HOME GUARD MEMBERS
You will find here some guidance
on the options open to you when you are trying to find information
about individual Home Guards and their service. (New)
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STRUCTURE,
INSIGNIA and REGIMENTAL AFFILIATION OF HOME GUARD UNITS
An excellent Home Guard
website, www.home-guard.org.uk, provides, amongst much else,
invaluable information on the structure, insignia and affiliations
of Home Guard units throughout the country. Click the title
above to access it and then select "Home Guard".
(You will leave this site).
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TYPICAL
HOME GUARD HQ LOCATIONS
An indication of the type of accommodation
selected by the Home Guard for its HQs.
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ANTHONY
EDEN'S RADIO APPEAL - May 14th 1940
Click above to read the
full text of Anthony Eden's announcement of the forming of
the L.D.V. (later the Home Guard) and his appeal for volunteers
broadcast on the 'wireless' on Tuesday May 14th 1940.
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WAR
OFFICE TELEGRAM - May 15th 1940
Click to read the War
Office's first instruction to all Home Commands of
the Army concerning the establishment of the new force, dated
May 15th.
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FURTHER
WAR OFFICE MESSAGE - May 18th 1940
Click to read the more
detailed War Office instructions regarding the new force,
dated May 18th.
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THE
NAZI ATTITUDE TO THE HOME GUARD - July
24th 1940
How William L. Shirer of CBS reported it
to the American people
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THE
STAND DOWN PARADE - December 3rd
1944
A moving, contemporary
description by an onlooker.
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