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• War Weapons Week in a Country Town

  (art) Made by: Ford, Michael 1941

  image: A street scene in a small town. A brass band, Girl Guides, Police and Home Guard participate in War Weapons Week outside a community hall and are watched by a crowd of civilians. Union flags are on display and a speech is being made from a...

• Home Guards brewing Tea just before Dawn

  (art) Made by: Ford, Michael 1941

  image: Two Home Guards inside a small wooden hut, brewing tea by candlelight.

• A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Enemy HQ Taken at the Point of the Bayonet

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: 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.

• A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Storming an Enemy Post

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: 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.

• A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Advance on the First Objective

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: 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.

• A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: The Commandant Lets Off One Of His Crackers

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: 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.

• Snap into it - Men 18-19 1/2 - Home Defence

  (posters) Made by: Scott, Frederick George Alfred (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set against a blue background. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in red cursive script. The subtitle is separate and placed in the lower quarter, in white, set against a green...

• 'Let 'em All Come' - Home Defence Battalions

  (posters) Made by: Scott, Frederick George Alfred (artist) 1939

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set against a green background. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in white outlined red cursive script. The subtitle and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in...

• Members of a Home Guard Ack-Ack Gun Team, September 1943

  (art) Made by: Kennington, Eric Henri (RA) 1943

  image: two Home Guard Anti-Aircraft gunners load an anti-aircraft gun during an air raid at night.

• Grasmere Home Guard

  (art) Made by: Spencer, Gilbert (RA) 1943

  image: In the foreground the Home Guard are issued with equipment and rifles. Behind them is a landscape of trees and a lake.