Thanks to Edward Finch for finding this video. The ARP and Home Guard carry out an exercise in the Lincolnshire town of Spalding 15th October
Mr Scrimshaw writes Hi All My search into my family history has unearthed photos of both my father Neville and uncle Royce in different units
East Pinchbeck Home Guard ,WWII Back Row – A Oliver, C Goodacre, J Hargrave, T Addington, R Quinton, H Nichols, B Hamilton & J Hallgate.
I saw a similar post recently and remembered this one with my grandfather, RSM Albert Smith (right), who also served for a short time in
An original platoon postcard Eric Munton – 1st row standing – Far right – Second one in
Spalding Home Guard, Grandad Popple in the middle outside the Drill Hall on Haverfield Rd
Thanks to Roy Ashton continuing the theme from yesterday, here is a memory from Bruce Robinson. The photographs attached show some of the many people
The training manual for the Home Guard. Click on the links. Home Guard Manual pt 1 Home Guard Manual pt 2 Home Guard Manual pt
East Pincbeck home guard WWII, bk..A Oliver,C Goodacre,J Hargrave,T Addington,R Quinton,H Nichols,B Hamilton,J Hallgate.frt..E Benfield,C Bardsley,E Needs,C Turner,F Alexander,E Powell,R Stacey
Jean Hodge reporter on the Spalding Guardian has done a fantastic job on find out more about the local Home Guard. http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/community/features/memories-of-holbeach-home-guard-1-6451753 Copy of the article:
This fantastic picture was donated by Sheila Pitts (nee Russell) and she can identify her father John Russell (second row fifth from the left) Who
A group photo of the Donington Home Guard, taken behind the Church. Dated 1944 Click on image to enlarge
A photo of the Donington Home Guard, taken behind the church. 1944 Click on image to enlarge
My grandfather Charles Edward Smith who lived at Monks House and who served in the tank regiment in world war 1 was an officer in
Thank to Jane Cooper and Facebook- can we help some of the people involved?
The building on Haverfield Road, long known locally as the Old Drill Hall, was constructed in 1913 as a Territorial Force drill hall for the
This is an extract from “About Moulton” by Nancy Snowdon The site of Thomas’s castle, a natural looking mound, is some three kilometree out of
June 1940. France had fallen. The British expeditionary force was being ravaged at Dunkirk. It seemed likely that Adolf Hitler would invade Britain. Winston Churchill