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MEMORIES AND INFORMATION - STAFFORDSHIRE HOME GUARD  13th STAFFORDSHIRE (CANNOCK) BATTN. HISTORY OF THE CANNOCK HOME GUARD "D" COMPANY

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:  -  Pages 1-15:  Introduction and General Information  -  Pages 16-23:  "A" Company, also Medical  -  Pages 24-29:  "B" Company, also "'I' Hi-Lites"  -  Pages 30-41:  "C" Company, also Gas  -  Pages 42-51:  "D" Company, also "D" Day Diary (THIS PAGE)  -  Pages 52-68:  "H.Q." Company, also Roll of Honour, Stand-Down On THIS WEBSITE PAGE: Unit History Pages 42-51 "D" Company, also "D" Day Diary "D" Company – Early Days – "Do Something" – Observation Posts – Finding Quarters – Duties – Equipment and Training – Instructors and Camps – Sirens – Ceremonial Parades – Specialist Training – Exercises – Call Out – Alarms – Night Ops. – Quiz – POWs – Training Generally – Sport and Social – To Sum Up – First Impressions of the Home Guard – South Coast Holiday – "D" Day Diary .....and the name of many individuals

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