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THE
HOME GUARD OF GREAT BRITAIN
1940-1944
containing Memories and Information
concerning
Home Guard units throughout the United
Kingdom
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SPECIFIC HOME GUARD UNITS |
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a recent addition within the section.
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THE
32nd (ALDRIDGE) BATTALION
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covering
Aldridge,
Barr Beacon,
Brownhills,
Little Aston, Pelsall,
Pheasey, Rushall,
Shelfield,
Streetly,
Walsall Wood
and nearby areas
THE
HOME GUARD AND THE 32nd BATTN.
"HOME
GUARDING"
- THE BATTALION’S STORY
(told
in the members' own words in 1944 and 1945)
SUMMARY/INDEX
OF MEMORIES
and INFORMATION
Aldridge,
Barr
Beacon, Brownhills, Little Aston, Pelsall, Pheasey,
Rushall,
Shelfield, Streetly,
Walsall
Wood and neighbouring areas.
(12
Feb 2019)
INDEX
OF SURNAMES AND PLACE NAMES
LIST OF OFFICERS
OFFICERS'
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH 1943
MAP
OF BATTALION AREA
BIOGRAPHIES
"B" Coy. -
STREETLY/LITTLE ASTON
(12 Feb 2019)
LITTLE ASTON/STREETLY PLATOON
IMAGES
HISTORY
A PRIVATE'S VIEW
A TEENAGER'S MEMORIES
TERRITORY MAP
(12 Feb 2019)
"C" Company -
BROWNHILLS
"E" Company - ALDRIDGE
"F" Company - WALSALL WOOD
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(Please note that this website is regularly archived by the British Library and therefore all its content will theoretically be available to future researchers in perpetuity).
OTHER HISTORY PAGES - NON-HOME GUARD |
For convenience this website also hosts several pages of historical interest but little or no relevance to Home Guard matters:
Scenes from a Soldier's Photo Album - 3rd Cameron Highlanders, Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, 1919
'With Fondest Love, Trev.' - Letters Home of Lt. E. Trevor Evans R.F.C./R.A.F. - 34 and 206 Squadrons - 1917-1919
The Story of Wilbur Arnold John, R.A.F., 206 Squadron -1918
Two Birmingham Businessmen in Berlin - 1932
Charles Barry's Building: King Edward's School, New Street, Birmingham - 1838-1936
The Knowle & Dorridge Volunteers - 1918
A Memory of New Street, Bimingham - Winter 1942/43
A Luftwaffe View of Birmingham - November 1940
History of Kynoch, Birmingham (ICI, IMI etc.) - 1862-to date
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including "Home Guarding" published in 1945.
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