Was Thomas Southern in the Home Guard in WW2

[dfk]

Hi
Was a relation of mine in the home guard, he was born in 1918 in the Durham area but could have been any other place during the time of the second world war.
His name was Thomas Alfred Southern.

David.

[Jamjar]

I can’t answer your question, but:

SOUTHERN, THOMAS  ALFRED 1918 
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q1/2002 in Durham Northern  (4401A)  Reg DN2A  Entry Number 239

Birth date: 23 Apr 1918

Did he marry Annie H SWAPP in 1937?

SOUTHERN, ANNIE  HEWISON  1913 
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2003 in Durham Central  (4381C)  Reg DC9C  Entry Number 29

Birth date: 13 November 1913

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/home-guard-personnel/

Jamjar

[dfk]

Yes, he did marry Annie Swapp in 1937.
David.

[barryd]

Was a relation of mine in the Home Guard in WW2?

or possibly WHY was a relation of mine in the Home Guard?

Age 21 in 1939, County Durham ? Should be getting ready for the Army, Navy, Air Force but a Coal Miner is exempt. In his free time he possibly be in the Home Guard.

During WW1 one of my Great Grandfathers, a Coal Miner, joined the Army. There is a letter from Mine Management asking for his release. Saved his life.

Try and find him or wife or both on the 1939 Register, 



 
 

[dfk]

thanks for that, will have to wait as his line on the 1939 is covered or locked for the moment, will have to wait me thinks.
Thank you any way.
David

[Girl Guide]

Thomas is on the 1939 living with his wife and father in law.  The covered name is probably a child of Thomas and Annie.

They had a son in 1937.

Added:  There is a likely death for the son in 2016, Durham

[dfk]

thank you.

[AntonyMMM]

Home Guard records are not generally available and may still be with the MOD, except for the County of Durham (luckily) which are at TNA.

There are quite a number of SOUTHERN entries, but the only Thomas I can see was born 1905.


https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/durham-home-guard-records-1939-1945/

[Tickettyboo]

thanks for that, will have to wait as his line on the 1939 is covered or locked for the moment, will have to wait me thinks.
Thank you any way.
David

His record may have been updated since you last looked, its currently viewable on both Ancestry and FindMyPast.

Boo