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

  • A Day with the Home Guard : Home Guards advancing under a bridge on the river Front A Day with the Home Guard : Home Guards advancing under a bridge on the river Front

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

    image: 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.

  • A Day with the Home Guard : a landing party A Day with the Home Guard : a landing party

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

    image: 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.

  • The War in Maida Vale : 'There Is Life in the Old Dogs Yet' The War in Maida Vale : 'There Is Life in the Old Dogs Yet'

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

    image: A group of elderly home guards stand outside a pub watching a blonde girl weraing a black suit walk by.

  • The Captain of the ATS The Captain of the ATS

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: A woman captain is seated in a window, smoking a cigarette and reading a letter. Another officer looks over her shoulder. A padre listens from an armchair.

  • The Alarm The Alarm

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: Helmeted troops are seen running away from the artist towards their guns, concealed in camoflage-patterned emplacements.

  • Australians in the Grounds of Salisbury Cathedral Australians in the Grounds of Salisbury Cathedral

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: Three Australian uniformed soldiers relax under a tree. In the background there are some figures walking towards the cathedral in the left of the frame.

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