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part of "THE HOME GUARD 1940 - 1944: 32ND SURREY BATTALION" (photographs) Made by: Porter J A
THE HOME GUARD 1939-1945The Home Guard: Photograph contrasting a 1940 Local Defence volunteer with a 1944 Home Guard. Both were members of 32 Surrey Battalion.
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(art) Made by: Ford, Michael 1941
Home Guards brewing Tea just before Dawnimage: Two Home Guards inside a small wooden hut, brewing tea by candlelight.
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(art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941
A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Enemy HQ Taken at the Point of the Bayonetimage: A group of home guards are seen rushing down a country lane and turning to the right through a gate next to a house. There is one soldier lagging behind further down the lane.
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(art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941
A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Storming an Enemy Postimage: A country lane with a group of home guards rushing along. They are turning a corner, through a gate next to a small low building. There is one man, further down the lane, lagging behind.
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(art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941
A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Advance on the First Objectiveimage: A group of Home Guards moving through parkland towards a large house. The men at the front, near the house, are lying on the ground while the others appear to be running.
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(art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941
A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: The Commandant Lets Off One Of His Crackersimage: In the foreground we see the side of a shed and four uniformed men hiding behind it. To the left of this is an open area in the centre of which is a smoking cracker on the floor. Men run away from it in all directions.
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(art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941
A Day with the Home Guard : Home Guards advancing under a bridge on the river Frontimage: A group of home guards sneaking around a corner at the bottom of a flight of steps, holding their rifles with caution. Their leader is kneeling, holding a smoking canister in the air.
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(art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941
A Day with the Home Guard : a landing partyimage: Uniformed men are seen jumping from a boat and climbing up a harbour wall. In the background some civilians lean over the top of the wall to watch.
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(art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941
The War in Maida Vale : 'There Is Life in the Old Dogs Yet'image: A group of elderly home guards stand outside a pub watching a blonde girl weraing a black suit walk by.
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(souvenirs and ephemera)
identity discs, animalSecond World War animal identity discs produced by the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee given by Mrs Friend who was an animal warden during the war.