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Home Guard Battalions
« on: Saturday 28 May 11 02:28 BST (UK) »
Does anybody know how to locate which home guard unit a person was in. I am looking for the unit that Harold Budd served in in WW2 in Wolverhampton.
Appreciate if anyone can  point me in the right direction. Thanks
Boylan,Budd,Hartill,Dibble,Buchanan, Abbot,Harper
Webb (actor from 1861 in england),

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Re: Home Guard Battalions
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 28 May 11 03:22 BST (UK) »
Have you tried the South Staffordshire Homeguard website?  It lists the archive and a few Wolverhampton units about halfway down the page and there's also plenty of links and some photos but it explains that there were also factory units which isn't a lot of help.

http://www.staffshomeguard.co.uk/DotherReminiscencesStaffsstaffshg.htm

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Re: Home Guard Battalions
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 28 May 11 08:34 BST (UK) »
Yes ,thanks I looked there but wondered if there was a record of who was in the Home Guard recorded anywhere that could be searched.
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Re: Home Guard Battalions
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 28 May 11 08:54 BST (UK) »
You can apply for records in the usual manner from the Veterans Agency. Where the chap was living at the time is also a very strong clue.

Some locally published books that came out afetr the war had full ORBATS, others partial, some none at all.

I have a book on the Cheshire Home Guard that names everyone.

The is also the Home Guard List...Like the Army list but lists all HG officers...
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Re: Home Guard Battalions
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 28 May 11 09:13 BST (UK) »
Thanks all your help is appreciated. sorry if I sound silly but where would you locate a Home Guard list
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Re: Home Guard Battalions
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 28 May 11 19:59 BST (UK) »
My father was in "C" company, 22nd South Staffs Battalion Wolverhampton which was based at Bradmore. I have a few pictures of the Battalion but only know one or two names of the people in it.
Here is a picture of a guard of honour for Viscount Bennett taken in front of the Townhall. Viscount Bennett was an ex Prime Minister of Canada.
My father is the segeant second along in the front file.


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Re: Home Guard Battalions
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 28 May 11 22:15 BST (UK) »
Thanks, looking at your photo thinking we should have some, I went and found his whistle. It has RAP on it so maybe he wasnt in the home guard (which could explain why I can find no records) but an air raid person?? I will ask maybe someone knows what the initials stand for.
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Re: Home Guard Battalions
« Reply #7 on: Friday 03 May 13 18:41 BST (UK) »
Hi

This is my first post and I found the site while searching for references to the South Staffs Home Guard.

My late father was in 8 Platoon, C Company 22 South Staffs HG. Amongst his effects was a photo of the platoon dated December 1941, with the names shown underneath.

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Re: Home Guard Battalions
« Reply #8 on: Friday 03 May 13 23:06 BST (UK) »
Perhaps you could let us have a look at the picture Dave?

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