Category:Home Guard (United Kingdom)

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Home Guard

1940-1944 British Army auxiliary defence force

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Instance of

military unit

Location

United Kingdom

Inception

14 May 1940

Dissolved, abolished or demolished date

31 December 1945

Authority file
Q919431
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Subcategories

This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

B

R.B.D. Blakeney (3 F)
Douglas Brownrigg (5 F)

L

Leek Home Guard War Memorial (1 F)

N

National Home Guard memorial (Torquay) (2 F)

P

Charles Pearce (1 C, 1 F)

Media in category "Home Guard (United Kingdom)"

The following 200 files are in this category, out of 290 total.

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A member of the Home Guard demonstrates a rifle equipped to fire an anti-tank grenade, Dorking, 3 August 1942. H22061.jpg 1,772 × 1,778; 921 KB
A parade of 'Old Contemptibles' - men who had served in France and Belgium in 1914 - in the Local Defence Volunteers, soon to be renamed the Home Guard, 1 July 1940. H2005.jpg 2,375 × 1,772; 1.19 MB
A squad of Home Guard soldiers training to defend a street with 'Molotov cocktail' petrol bombs, March 1941. H8128.jpg 2,500 × 2,480; 1.68 MB
A veteran sergeant in the Dorking Home Guard cleans his Tommy gun at the dining room table, before going on parade, 1 December 1940. H5850.jpg 2,387 × 1,772; 1.13 MB
A Westland Lysander of No. 13 Squadron RAF based at Hooton Park, Cheshire, provides aiming practice for members of the Home Guard, at the Western Command Weapons Training School at Altcar, near Formby, 17 Septe H4209.jpg 2,315 × 1,772; 925 KB
Air Raid Precautions in Britain- Staff of the Ministry of Information Wear Gas Masks To Work, London, England, 1941 D3745.jpg 800 × 592; 55 KB
Answering You- the Production of a BBC Radio Programme For the United States of America, 1941 D4558.jpg 800 × 552; 74 KB
Armored car - geograph.org.uk - 1103842.jpg 640 × 480; 109 KB
Austin Home Guard Van (7528047388).jpg 3,639 × 2,848; 4.58 MB
Belan Home Guard, Welshpool (1448803).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 462 KB
Belan Home Guard, Welshpool (1448804).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 388 KB
Belan Home Guard, Welshpool (1448805).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 317 KB
Betws Cedewain Home Guard (1490140).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 358 KB
Betws Cedewain Home Guard (1490141).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 384 KB
Betws Cedewain Home Guard (1490142).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 380 KB
Blacker Bombard.jpg 798 × 800; 112 KB
British Home Guard Improvised Weapons.JPG 1,135 × 794; 129 KB
British Workers Guard Their Work- the Home Guard, England, 1941 D4357.jpg 800 × 538; 76 KB
British Workers Guard Their Work- the Home Guard, England, 1941 D4359.jpg 800 × 538; 37 KB
Buttington Home Guard sports and fete (1467949).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 385 KB
Buttington Home Guard sports and fete (1467950).jpg 1,885 × 1,177; 418 KB
Buttington Home Guard sports and fete (1467951).jpg 1,882 × 1,184; 394 KB
Buttington Home Guard sports and fete (1467952).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 429 KB
Buttington Home Guard sports and fete (1467953).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 404 KB
Captain Mannering's.jpg 1,394 × 2,048; 335 KB
Chemical Warfare in the Twentieth Century HU55581.jpg 617 × 800; 49 KB
Civil Defence in Britain 1940- the Home Guard HU83770.jpg 800 × 608; 88 KB
Corbyn Head Torquay - geograph.org.uk - 1111198.jpg 640 × 471; 66 KB
Cyrnol' John Jackson Borthwick, commander of Newtown Home Guard and a Magistrate for Montgomeryshire (1474852).jpg 1,873 × 1,177; 330 KB
Cyrnol' John Jackson Borthwick, commander of Newtown Home Guard and a Magistrate for Montgomeryshire (1474853).jpg 1,867 × 1,190; 320 KB
Cyrnol' John Jackson Borthwick, commander of Newtown Home Guard and a Magistrate for Montgomeryshire (1474854).jpg 1,836 × 1,196; 322 KB
Defensive Position in Newton Blossomville - geograph.org.uk - 285947.jpg 640 × 480; 148 KB
Failsworth Home Guard Club - geograph.org.uk - 1154652.jpg 640 × 480; 54 KB
Fermanagh Home Guard uniform.JPG 3,240 × 4,320; 2.61 MB
Flag of the Newquay Battalion of the Cornwall Home Guard.svg 450 × 300; 7 KB
Gravestone of a Home Guard fatality - geograph.org.uk - 887432.jpg 325 × 640; 99 KB
H 11843-Members of Home Guard using a Northover Projector-July 1941.jpg 800 × 786; 123 KB
Hornchurch Cemetery 20200929 125755 (50403618146).jpg 9,000 × 12,000; 24.4 MB
Holy Island Plays Its Part- Everyday Life on Lindisfarne, 1942 D6780.jpg 800 × 544; 44 KB
Holy Island Plays Its Part- Everyday Life on Lindisfarne, 1942 D6799.jpg 546 × 800; 58 KB
Holy Island Plays Its Part- Everyday Life on Lindisfarne, 1942 D6800.jpg 542 × 800; 58 KB
Home Guard (2).JPG 513 × 579; 182 KB
Home Guard 001896.jpg 800 × 574; 74 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497015).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 409 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497016).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 442 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497017).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 418 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497018).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 415 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497019).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 406 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497020).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 307 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497021).jpg 1,892 × 1,187; 426 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497022).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 452 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497023).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 439 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497024).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 438 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497025).jpg 1,829 × 1,194; 417 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497026).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 402 KB
Home Guard fete and demonstration at Pen-y-bont-fawr (1497027).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 417 KB
Home Guard loophole - geograph.org.uk - 812120.jpg 640 × 480; 148 KB
Home Guard Man Anti Aircraft Gun- Civil Defence in Britain, 1943 D12233.jpg 800 × 536; 38 KB
Home Guard Man Anti Aircraft Gun- Civil Defence in Britain, 1943 D12564.jpg 1,772 × 1,818; 594 KB
Home Guard Man Anti Aircraft Gun- Civil Defence in Britain, 1943 D12564A.jpg 800 × 540; 53 KB
Home Guard Man Anti-aircraft Gun- Civil Defence in Britain, 1943 D12231.jpg 800 × 537; 55 KB
Home Guard memorial at Bretforton - geograph.org.uk - 803558.jpg 640 × 426; 103 KB
Home Guard memorial, River Ray, Blunsdon - geograph.org.uk - 465672.jpg 480 × 640; 137 KB
Home Guard memorial, River Ray, Blunsdon - geograph.org.uk - 504112.jpg 640 × 480; 356 KB
Home Guard Monument beside the SWC path - geograph.org.uk - 926759.jpg 640 × 480; 135 KB
Home Guard on the firing range at Llansilin (1503471).jpg 1,640 × 1,250; 883 KB
Home Guard on the firing range at Llansilin (1503472).jpg 1,598 × 1,250; 728 KB
Home Guard on the firing range at Llansilin (1503473).jpg 1,576 × 1,250; 839 KB
Home Guard Rifle Hole - geograph.org.uk - 143184.jpg 480 × 640; 111 KB
Home Guard soldiers advance warily during an exercise near Exeter, 10 August 1941 H12628.jpg 1,772 × 1,781; 827 KB
Home Guard soldiers operate a 'Blacker Bombard' spigot mortar during training at No. 3 GHQ Home Guard School at Onibury near Craven Arms in Shropshire, 20 May 1943. H30181.jpg 1,772 × 1,772; 1 MB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1475994).jpg 1,879 × 1,181; 362 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1475995).jpg 1,876 × 1,190; 349 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1475996).jpg 1,876 × 1,181; 320 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1475997).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 294 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1475998).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 241 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1475999).jpg 1,798 × 1,187; 319 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476000).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 288 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476001).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 342 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476002).jpg 1,184 × 1,885; 326 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476003).jpg 1,876 × 1,177; 321 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476004).jpg 1,870 × 1,184; 335 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476005).jpg 1,835 × 1,174; 283 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476006).jpg 1,873 × 1,181; 332 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476007).jpg 1,873 × 1,181; 326 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476008).jpg 1,867 × 1,187; 343 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476009).jpg 1,187 × 1,892; 393 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476010).jpg 1,182 × 1,831; 393 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476011).jpg 1,816 × 1,184; 370 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476012).jpg 1,867 × 1,184; 377 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476013).jpg 1,876 × 1,181; 390 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476014).jpg 1,834 × 1,194; 286 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476015).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 286 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476016).jpg 1,834 × 1,188; 312 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476017).jpg 1,797 × 1,184; 376 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476018).jpg 1,879 × 1,190; 355 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476019).jpg 1,876 × 1,187; 323 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476020).jpg 1,870 × 1,187; 309 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (1476021).jpg 1,873 × 1,187; 317 KB
Home Guard stand-down, Welshpool (4422768440).jpg 638 × 400; 52 KB
Home Guard troops 'fighting' Valentine tanks of 6th Armoured Division during large-scale manoeuvres at Yelden in Bedfordshire, 27 July 1941. H12081.jpg 1,774 × 1,772; 905 KB
Home Guard uniform March 1942.jpg 572 × 653; 44 KB
Home Guard, probably in Montgomeryshire (1498339).jpg 1,812 × 1,194; 431 KB
Home Guard, probably in Montgomeryshire (1498340).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 437 KB
Home Guard, probably in Montgomeryshire (1498341).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 455 KB
Home Guard.JPG 179 × 255; 42 KB
Home Gurad training with Northover Projector 1941 IWM H 12293.jpg 800 × 796; 105 KB
Homeguard monument on Pennance Point - geograph.org.uk - 826790.jpg 480 × 640; 145 KB
Invasion Defences in the United Kingdom H1951.jpg 800 × 598; 58 KB
Invasion Village- Everyday Life in Orford, Suffolk, England, 1941 D4852.jpg 800 × 532; 43 KB
IWM-H-7330-Road-Barrier-in-Scotland.jpg 800 × 584; 75 KB
IWM-H-7331-Beaverette-Scotland-19410214.jpg 800 × 595; 103 KB
King George VI talking to a member of the Home Guard during an inspection in Kent, 10 August 1940. H2936.jpg 1,799 × 1,772; 975 KB
Lashner Whistler.jpg 123 × 184; 16 KB
Llanbrynmair Home Guard (1482632).jpg 1,834 × 1,191; 378 KB
Llanbrynmair Home Guard (1482633).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 381 KB
Llandrindod Wells Army Cadets and Home Guard (1508662).jpg 1,717 × 1,250; 784 KB
Llandrindod Wells Army Cadets and Home Guard (1508663).jpg 1,728 × 1,250; 808 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501745).jpg 632 × 976; 450 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501745)1.jpg 631 × 978; 452 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501745)2.jpg 633 × 977; 452 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501745)3.jpg 1,487 × 960; 968 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501745)4.jpg 636 × 978; 447 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501746).jpg 1,848 × 1,182; 459 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501747).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 461 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501748).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 476 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501749).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 419 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501750).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 416 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501751).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 397 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501752).jpg 1,167 × 1,788; 377 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501753).jpg 1,182 × 1,848; 426 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501754).jpg 1,178 × 1,848; 379 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501755).jpg 1,175 × 1,848; 372 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501756).jpg 1,182 × 1,848; 392 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501757).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 440 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501758).jpg 1,188 × 1,697; 417 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501759).jpg 1,188 × 1,831; 386 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501760).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 410 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501761).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 413 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501762).jpg 1,196 × 1,848; 407 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard (Montgomeryshire) after a Church Parade at Llandyssil Parish Church (1501763).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 481 KB
Llandyssil Home Guard after a Church Parade at Parish Church.jpg 628 × 406; 110 KB
Llanfyllin ARP wardens and Home Guard (1481342).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 331 KB
Llanfyllin ARP wardens and Home Guard (1481343).jpg 1,834 × 1,188; 330 KB
Llanfyllin ARP wardens and Home Guard (1481344).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 358 KB
Llanfyllin ARP wardens and Home Guard (1481345).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 359 KB
Llanfyllin ARP wardens and Home Guard (1481346).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 360 KB
Llanidloes Home Guard (1464284).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 449 KB
Llanidloes Home Guard (1464285).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 433 KB
Llanidloes Home Guard (1464286).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 452 KB
Llanidloes Home Guard (1464287).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 463 KB
Llanidloes Home Guard (1482955).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 382 KB
Loading Z battery Merseyside 1942 IWM H 21135.jpg 784 × 800; 87 KB
Local Defence Volunteer (LDV) recruits learning rifle drill at Buckhurst Hill, Essex, 1 July 1940. H2007.jpg 5,323 × 3,949; 4.98 MB
Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) being inspected by senior officers at their post in Whitehall, London, 21 June 1940. H1896.jpg 2,468 × 1,772; 1.03 MB
London in the Spring of 1941- Everyday Life in London, England D2945.jpg 800 × 615; 73 KB
Lt Gen Lashner G Whistler (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command) with local Home Guard commanders at Oswestry (1490666).jpg 1,632 × 1,250; 883 KB
Lt Gen Lashner G Whistler (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command) with local Home Guard commanders at Oswestry (5470501779).jpg 626 × 479; 82 KB
Member of the Home Guard eating tea with his family prior to going on duty, 1942. D10118.jpg 1,772 × 1,873; 701 KB
Members of Meifod and Trefnanny Home Guard at dinner (1452091).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 320 KB
Members of the Doncaster Home Guard, two wearing camouflage net veils over their faces, swim across a river during an assault exercise, 20 July 1942. H21585.jpg 1,804 × 1,772; 757 KB
Members of the Home Guard man a Vickers machine-gun on the shores of Loch Stack in the Highlands of Scotland, 14 February 1941. H7325.jpg 2,332 × 1,772; 1,003 KB
Mochdre Home Guard (1495785).jpg 1,876 × 1,187; 372 KB
Mochdre Home Guard (1495786).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 387 KB
Mochdre Home Guard (1495787).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 347 KB
Montgomeryshire Home Guard (1453913).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 368 KB
Montgomeryshire Home Guard (1453914).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 391 KB
Newtown Home Guard Drill Parade (1481528).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 340 KB
Newtown Home Guard Drill Parade (1481529).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 365 KB
Newtown Home Guard Drill Parade (1481530).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 364 KB
Newtown Home Guard Drill Parade (1481531).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 350 KB
Newtown Home Guard Drill Parade (1481532).jpg 1,794 × 1,191; 372 KB
Newtown Home Guard Drill Parade (1481533).jpg 1,879 × 1,184; 352 KB
Newtown Home Guard Drill Parade (1481534).jpg 1,834 × 1,188; 361 KB
Newtown Home Guard Drill Parade (1481535).jpg 1,823 × 1,188; 320 KB
Newtown Home Guard recruits (1507329).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 396 KB
Newtown Home Guard recruits (1507330).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 375 KB
Newtown Home Guard recruits (1507331).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 322 KB
Newtown Home Guard recruits (1507332).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 330 KB
Hornchurch Cemetery 20200929 124525 (50403905627).jpg 9,000 × 12,000; 35.07 MB
Northover Projector and crew 1941 IWM H 12238.jpg 800 × 799; 67 KB
Packet containing World War 2 medal.png 1,112 × 917; 1.89 MB
Penstrowed Home Guard at a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs I.F. Davies, Caersws (1497579).jpg 1,848 × 1,196; 342 KB
Plaque commemorating the Home Guard on the former Farnborough Police Station, Farnborough Common - geograph.org.uk - 3868862.jpg 1,600 × 1,064; 340 KB
Punch 147 - 1914.09.23 - 257.png 2,321 × 1,559; 1.56 MB
Punch 147 - 1914.11.11 - 407 - Word Perfect.png 2,300 × 1,618; 2.58 MB
Raleigh Trades Home guard bike pic1.JPG 2,650 × 1,988; 2.96 MB
Raleigh Trades Home guard bike pic2.JPG 3,163 × 2,373; 4.15 MB
Recruiting poster for the Home Guard, Ashtead, Surrey.jpg 462 × 571; 81 KB
Royal Academy of Music- the work of the Royal Academy in Wartime, London, England, UK, 1944 D22278.jpg 766 × 800; 67 KB
West Ham Cemetery 20200212 110300 (49525306937).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 7.76 MB
Springfield in Wartime- Everyday Life in An Essex Village, August 1941 D4257.jpg 746 × 800; 95 KB
Springfield in Wartime- Everyday Life in An Essex Village, August 1941 D4259.jpg 800 × 531; 47 KB
St Mary Redcliffe's details 01.jpg 3,289 × 2,604; 1.36 MB
The Battle of Britain HU88402.jpg 2,480 × 1,706; 913 KB
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H8111.jpg 800 × 799; 141 KB
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H10123.jpg 800 × 574; 77 KB
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H39707.jpg 800 × 799; 90 KB
The Home Guard 1939-1945 H11844.jpg 796 × 800; 116 KB
The Home Guard 1939-1945 H11852.jpg 800 × 795; 103 KB

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