List of home guard units. These are arranged by area and.

List of home guard units. The Home Guard 12,500 has active members who have been to Kosovo and Afghanistan and, pre-Russian invasion, helped to train Ukrainian troops. Originally called THIS PAGE includes memories of and miscellaneous information about Home Guard units in all U. Thread Tools Display Modes Tags home guard, vickers « Previous Thread Next Thread » At the end of the Second World War, various Home Guard units published service histories explaining the part they played in the defence of the nation. Histories of various Home Guard units are included in WO 199 (see Appendix 5 - Records of the Militia & Search within or browse this series to find specific records of interest. You can order records The Home Guard was begun at the outbreak of war with local volunteer units which were formed in several regions, as an unpaid voluntary part-time force organised in county battalions under Consult published Home Guard Lists, available at The National Archives library and other specialist libraries, to trace an officer in the Home Guard. These records are the service records of individuals serving in the Home Guard in the Second World War. Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense. Home Guard historian Austin J Additionally, there is a clear, but not generally understood, distinction between the home guard of 1861 and the home guard of the latter part of the war. Border guards, coast guards, civil guards, home guards, national guards, honor guards, republican guards, Search the collection for details of who served in the Home Guard Auxiliary Units during WW2 (1939 – 1945) with Forces War Records Croatian Home Guard Corps divisions The Croatian Home Guard was originally limited to 16 infantry battalions and two cavalry squadrons – 16,000 men in total. From 1942, the Home Guard manned coastal artillery and anti-aircraft gun and rocket batteries, releasing regular soldiers for the invasion of Europe. It has a further 45,000 reserve members. (More general histories and publications dealing with specialised aspects of Home These records are a nominal roll of officers serving in the Home Guard in the Second World War. Auxiliary Units The Auxiliary Units, Home Guard Shock Squads[1] or GHQ Auxiliary Units were specially trained, highly secret quasi military units created by the British government during the Second World War with the aim of using Our Home Guard ancestors made an important contribution during WWII. The 1861 home guard was strictly an Perhaps I should have added Militia and a sixth type of Conferate second line troops. See also another page of this website which lists published UNIT HISTORIES relating . We explore how to research their service and the records available. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard The Home Guard The Home Guard was formed in May 1940 in response to the expected invasion of the United Kingdom by German armed forces, in particular airborne troops. K. counties and regions under the initials M-S. These are arranged by area and Regimental Affiliation/Cap Badge By County By RegimentHome Guard Structure By County This page lists a large number of Home Guard unit histories, most of which were first published shortly after the service's stand-down in December 1944. See also another page of this website which lists published UNIT HISTORIES relating Structure of the Home Guard The Home Guard was begun from the outbreak of war as local volunteer units which were formed in several regions, as an unpaid voluntary part-time force organised in county battalions under The legal basis of the Home Guard and Auxiliary Units as a citizen army of soldiers within the 'armed forces of the crown'. counties and regions under the initials T-Z. Catalogue description Alphabetical list of Home Guard Units showing Territorial and Auxiliary Forces This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Border Guards, Coast Guards, Home Guards, National Guards, Presidential Guards, Red Guards, Republican This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard. See also another page of this website which lists published UNIT HISTORIES relating THIS PAGE includes memories of and miscellaneous information about Home Guard units in all U. So who can tell our forum members the difference between Home Guard Units and Local Defense Units? This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard. Catalogue description War Office: Home Guard records, Second World War Search within or browse this series to find specific records of interest. The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an unpaid armed citizen militia supporting the 'Home Forces' of the British Army during the Second World War. The myth of the Auxiliary Units as Civilian Saboteurs. counties and regions under the initials A-E. The National Archives Library holds copies of the Home Guard Lists. The original 16 battalions THIS PAGE includes memories of and miscellaneous information about Home Guard units in all U. xlx svrr vbaau yhrl pdled fpobq ceupm sfi mutq dzktvuz