HOME GUARD MEMORIES AND INFORMATION - WARWICKSHIRE, BIRMINGHAM

THE BIRMINGHAM HOME GUARD
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September 1940

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In September 1940, when the organisation was only in its fourth month of existence, a specialist magazine, Defence - The Services' Magazine,  produced this overview of Birmingham's Home Guard.

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Pages 1-2: Messages from Lord Mayor and Zone Commander - portraits of Unit Commanders
   
Pages 3-4: Birmingham's military volunteer history - images of parades and training - Dunlop's pigeon post
   
Page 5:   Birmingham's example - industry support - waterborne canal patrol

 


N.B.  The image above left has been subsequently described as showing "The Pype Hayes Home Guard Parade and March Past outside the Apollo Cinema in Tyburn Road - August 1940". 

The following image is obviously of the same date and location.

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Grateful acknowledgement is made to Mick Ackrill, the owner of the original documents who has generously made copies available to staffshomeguard; and also to the publishers of this long-defunct magazine and their successors.

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