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MEMORIES
AND INFORMATION - STAFFORDSHIRE HOME GUARD
13th STAFFORDSHIRE (CANNOCK) BATTN.
HISTORY OF
THE
CANNOCK
HOME GUARD
INTRODUCTION and GENERAL INFORMATION
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 13th STAFFORDSHIRE
(CANNOCK) BATTN.
The 13th Staffordshire Battalion was
responsible for Cannock
and adjacent areas of Staffordshire.
Much of the surviving information about its
activities comes from a rare 1945 unit history
entitled The 13th Bn. North
Staffordshire Regiment, Home Guard, 1940-1944.
This book is reproduced in its entirety on this
and five associated website pages, as follows:
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Pages 1-15: Introduction
& General
Information
(THIS PAGE)
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Pages 16-23:
"A" Company, also Medical
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Pages
24-29: "B" Company, also "'I' Hi-Lites"
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Pages
30-41: "C" Company, also Gas
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Pages 42-51: "D" Company, also "D"
Day Diary
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Pages 52-68:
"H.Q." Company, also Roll of Honour, Stand-Down
On this website page:
Unit History Pages
1-15
Introduction & General
Information
Foreword -
Battalion Record - Early Organisation
- Battalion Defence Schemes -
Disposition of Strengths and Weapons -
Exercises: "Coal", "Parker", "GAM" -
Weapon Training - Cadres -
Demonstrations - Battle Drill - Camps
- Training Competitions - Courses of
Instruction and Strength Analysis -
Field Firing
.....and
the name of many individuals
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