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 HOME GUARD MEMORIES AND INFORMATION - WARWICKSHIRE, BIRMINGHAM

The 25th WARWICKSHIRE (BIRMINGHAM) BATT'N
and
Lt. ARTHUR MUSSON

Magnified Images

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Arthur Musson's territory

ARTHUR MUSSON

 

St. John Ambulance Certificate

A Section of the Hercules Home Guard
(L/Cpl. Musson front, right)

Back row: Pte. Locke......Pte. Davies
Front row: Pte. A.N. Other.....Cpl. Price....L/Cpl. Musson

Commissioned

 


2/Lt. Musson's Intelligence Pass

Proficiency Certificates

Officers' Mess Pass and Rules

 

Officers' Mess Ladies Night


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
  • There is more information about the role of the 25th Warwickshire Battalion on another page of this website.
  • The Battalion's role in an air raid which badly damaged the firm of L.H. Newton & Co. in Thimble Lane, Nechells can be read here.
  • The remarkable bravery of two Home Guards belonging to an adjacent Battalion during an air raid at Villa Cross is described here.
  • There's a link elsewhere to a fascinating clip of online film which shows members of "D" Coy. in Aston, all comrades of Arthur Musson and perhaps even Arthur himself. To find it. click this Memories-Warwickshire link and look under 'Birmingham, Aston'.
  • Read other stories of rooftop Home Guard vigils - go to Memories-Warwickshire and look under 'Coventry' and 'Birmingham, Witton - Kynoch Works' (Kynoch Works Air Raids).

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 We are most grateful to Mr. Musson for creating this memoir, allowing its publication in this website and providing additional information; and also to the late June Eastlake of Birmingham for arranging its transmission to staffshomeguard.