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Of
the past, all I can say is we who served in the H.G. did no
more than our duty. It meant the sacrifice of our leisure,
the acceptance of a certain degree of discomfort and hardship,
and at times a strain on our physical and mental resources.
But it was all very little when weighed against the evils
that threatened us. Does the future mean an end to the need
for such things, or is it not rather that the dangers which
will beset this country after the War will be of a more intangible
kind and, therefore, their impact on us will not be so compelling.
Be that as it may, I am convinced a reasonable solution of
some of our most urgent national problems will never come
about until many more men and women, men like you and I,
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take
an active share in the attempt to solve them. Many of
us have enjoyed taking an active part in running the
Home Guard. Cannot we say to ourselves we will take up this
task or that when the War is over so that the village, the
district, or the nation itself will benefit? If only a small
percentage of the men who have done so much for the H.G. and
C.D. during the war gave a quarter of the time they have given
to these services to some worthwhile object outside their
own job, England would be a transformed country. This is the
finest memorial we can raise to the H.G. or, indeed, to those
who have fallen on active service. It is my hope that such
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SUCCESSES
IN EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS
1941
Zone Platoon in Attack Competition.
No. 3 Pl., "B" Coy. Winner in "H"
Sector elimination.
1942
Staffordshire County Rifle Association Inter-Platoon
Competition.
No. 3 Pl., "A" Coy. Second. Awarded
Silver Medal.
No. 6 Pl., "B" Coy. Sixth. Awarded Silver
Medal.
No. 1 Pl., "A" Coy. Seventh. Awarded Silver
Medal.
No. 2 Pl., "A" Coy. Ninth. Awarded Bronze
Medal.
"A" Coy. awarded a further Silver Medal
for the best result of any complete
company in the competition.
1942 South Staffordshire
Zone. Platoon in Attack Competition.
No. 10 Pl., "C" Coy. Winner "H"
Sector Finals.
1942
"Country Life" Rifle Competition.
No. 1 Pl., "A" Coy. Awarded Bronze Medal
presented by Staffs. Rifle
Association for highest position in S. Staffs. Zone.
1942 C.M.D. Town Fighting
Gompetition.
No. 10 Pl., "C" Coy. Winner "H"
Sector elimination. Second, Zone Finals.
1942 Worcester
Sub-District Platoon in Attack Competition.
No. 8 Pl., "C" Coy. Winner, "H"
Sector elimination. Winner, S. Staffs. Zone
elimination. Second, Worcester Sub-District Finals.
1943
Staffordshire County Rifle Association. Inter-Platoon
Competition.
No. 3 Pl., "A" Coy. Fourth. Awarded
Bronze Medal.
1944 Western Command
Mid-West District Signalling Test.
32nd Bn. Signallers won Third place out of 89 competing
battalions.
1944
Staffordshire County Rifle Association Inter-Platoon
Competition.
No. 3 Pl., "A" Coy. Second. Awarded Silver
Medal.
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