Civil Defence Casualty Service and Home Guard Commemorative Booklet
This booklet was made in commemoration of the work of the Civil Defence Casualty Service and Home Guard during World War II. The booklet dates from August 1945.
Cubbington. Group of members of Home Guard
Cubbington Home Guard. 1940s
Defence Medal
The Defence Medal was awarded for non-operational service during the Second World War. Those in receipt of the medal were: service personnel working in headquarters, on training bases and airfields, and ...
Hunningham. Group photograph
Group of middle-aged men by trees with three younger men in army uniform with them, Hunningham. 1916
Leamington Spa. Anthony Eden at Civil Defence parade
Anthony Eden M.P. making speech at Civil Defence "Stand-down" Parade, Leamington Spa. 1945
Leamington Spa. Civil defence "Stand-down" Parade
"Stand-Down" Parade of 1st Battalion of Warwickshire Home Guard. March past at Leamington Spa Town Hall. 1940s
Leamington Spa. Civil defence "Stand-down" Parade
1st Battalion Warwickshire Home Guard " Stand-down" Parade, Town Hall Leamington Spa. 1945
Nuneaton. King George VI reviews the Fire Brigade
H.M. George VI and Queen Elizabeth reviewing the fire brigade in Coventry Street, Nuneaton. Each man is carrying a gas mask on his chest, an axe in his belt and is wearing standard issue wellington boots. ...