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GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE HOME GUARD
WESTERN COMMAND
HOME GUARD ORDERS
Serial 59 - 3rd June 1942
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The following
Home Guard Orders by
General Sir James H. Marshall-Cornwall,
C-in-C, Western Command, were issued from Western
Command Headquarters in Chester on Wednesday 3 June
1942. This copy was received by the
16th Staffordshire
(Newcastle Rural) Battalion on 5th
June and passed to one
Lt. Lister for action.
These Orders comprise the following:
*924. Grenades,
S.I.P. - Storage
*928. Explosives -
Conveyance by Rail
*934. Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers -
Formation of New Corps
*938.
Respirators - Repairs of
*945. Crops
- damage to during training
*951.
Armourers - Home Guard
*952.
Armourers' Courses
*953. Courses of
Instruction - Armourer's School,
Burscough
*954. Courses of Instruction -
Armourer's School,
Burscough
*955.
Home Guard Courses,
Altcar
*956.
Exercises - Notification of Interested Parties
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Paras 951 - 955 mention the names of Home Guards
from Battalions throughout the west of the country:
- 2 Brecknock (Brecon)
- 1
Carmarthen (Carmarthen)
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22 Cheshire (G.P.O.), 38 Cheshire
(Stockport)
- 3
Cumberland (Carlisle), 4 Cumberland
(Cockermouth)
- 5
Glamorgan
(Barry)
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27 Lancashire (Rochdale County), 31 Lancashire
(Rossendale), 42 Lancashire (Eccles), 43
Lancashire (Salford), 57 Lancashire (P.O.), 58
Lancashire (P.O.), 60 Lancashire, 91
Lancashire
(Liverpool)
- 1
Monmouth (Chepstow), 10 Monmouth
(Monmouth)
- 1
Pembrokeshire
(Tenby)
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20 Staffordshire (Wolverhampton), 26
Staffordshire (Willenhall and Wednesfield), 41
Staffordshire
(Tipton)
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14 Warwickshire (Coventry), 24 Warwickshire
(Birmingham), 27 Warwickshire
(Birmingham)
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10 Westmoreland
(Appleby)
- 9
Worcestershire (Redditch) |
The Orders are reproduced below.
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(Document by courtesy of Mick Ackrill
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951.
Armourers—Home Guard." Minor repairs and
adjustments " to the following Small Arms :
Rifles', No. 3, pattern 17; Bren" M-.G., Mk 1
.303"; Carbine, T.S.M.G.; Steu, Mk. II; Pistol No.
1, Mk. 6 : —
Sgt. Culbertson, 10 Westmorland
H.G. Sgt. Todhunter, 4 Cumberland H.G. Cpl. Felton, 10
Westmorland H.G. Cpl. Brierjey, 59 Lanes. H.G. Cpl. Pottage,
42 Lanes. H.G. Cpl. Carding, 42 Lanes. H.G. Cpl. Kitchen, 58
Lanes. H.G. L/Cpl. Sinyard, 27 Lanes. H.G. L/Cpl. Porter, 42
Lanes. H.G. Pte. Palmer, 3 Cumberland H.G. Pte. Lavenka, 4
Cumberland H.G. Pte. Graham, 4 Cumberland H.G. Pte. Kearns, 59
Lanes. H.G. Pte. Smith, 38 Cheshire H.G.952. Armourers Courses. " Minor repairs and
adjustments " —
Sgt. S. Mattox, 26 Staffs. H.G.
Sgt. J. Reynolds, 41 Staffs H.G. Cpl. W. Davis, 26 Staffs H.G.
Cpl. B. Kempson, 26 Staffs. H.G. Cpl. A. Fox, 26 Staffs H.G.
L/Cpl. W. Granger, 26 Staffs H.G. Pte. B. Dunn, 20 Staffs H.G.
Pte. H. Tomlinson, 26 Staffs H.G. Pte. J. Yates, 26 Staffs
H.G. § Pte. J. Colstin, 26 Staffs H.G. Pte. F. Morris, 41
Staffs H.Gj 953. Courses ot
Instruction—Armourers' School, Burscough.Course No. 20—2nd May to 9th May,
Sgt. C. Mallalieu, 60 Lanes. H.G.954. Courses of
.Instruction—Armourers. School,Burscou'gh. .Course No. 22—16/5/42 to 23/S/42. , "Minor repairs and adjustments " to the
following Small'Arms and Machine Guns :—Rifles, Lee-Enfield,
Model 17; Rifles, Automatic,. Browning, .300"; Guns M/C Lewis,
Air pattern, ' .300".; Guns. M/C Lewis, ground pattern, .300";
Guns M/C- Browning, .300"; Carbine .M/C" Sten 9mm.'.Mk: II.;
29mm. Spigot Mortar;. Northover Projector and Mountings,
Tripod, Browning, .300" : —" Sgt. C. F. Driver, 57 Lanes. H.G.
Sgt.. E. Lund, 43 Lanes. -H.G..' Sgt. A, A. Ross, 24 Warwick
H.G. Sgt. R. C. Davis, 1 Moil. H.G. , Sgt. J. F. Salt, 22
Ches. H.G. Sgt. D. W. Roberts, 5-Glam. H.G. Sgt. F. C.
Priestman, 92 Lanes. H.G. . • Sgt. G. Thomas, 1 Carrns. H.G. .
Cpl. W. Mack, 9 Worcs. H.G. Cpl. W. R. Kincher, 27 Warwick
H.G. . Cpl. C. Beadnell, 91 Lanes. H.G. Cpl. W. James, 2
Brecknock H.G. L/Cpl. E. Mason, 14 Warwick H.G. L/Cpl. H.
Thomas 1 Pembroke H.G. L/Cpl. S. Gordon, 10 Mon. H.G. Pte. C.
Whittaker, 31 Lanes. H.G.
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