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HOME GUARD MEMORIES AND INFORMATION -
WORCESTERSHIRE
2nd WORCS. (BROMSGROVE) BATTN.
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Arthur Robert
Arnold
(1908-1974)
was a member of "A" Company of the
2nd
Worcestershire (Bromsgrove) Battalion.
He was employed at the
Austin
Aero works as an engineer-miller, a
reserved occupation. It appears that he
joined the local Home Guard Battalion,
rather than the
Austin Longbridge Works Unit which was
part of the
43rd Warwickshire (Birmingham) Battalion.
Arthur's family home was
36 Ashmead
Drive, Cofton Hackett where he
lived from 1934 until 1950 before
returning there in 1956 to No. 74.
Behind the houses was a reservoir which
received several Luftwaffe bombs in the
course of the war, causing broken windows
and other damage. Local legend suggested
that this was because German bombers
needed to shed their load so that they
could climb over the
Lickey Hills.
This
photograph of "A" Coy. was taken at
Barnt Green
Cricket Ground. Arthur Arnold is in
the back row, 9th from the right.
Few memories
of Arthur Arnold's service survive but his
duties certainly involved patrolling the
Lickey Hills.
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Grateful acknowledgement
is made to Brian Arnold for
providing
the image of his father
and permitting its publication here.
Image © Brian Arnold 2019 |
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