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89th County of Lancaster (Liverpool) Battalion Home Guard.
1st Ed., 52pp., 42 photos. Printed & Published by T.W. Gornall & Co., Exchange St. East, Liverpool.
1947
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Rare locally produced HG history. Men of the unit were active during the Liverpool blitz, included a bomb disposal unit by 1942 & provided guards on the Mersey tunnel &c. A number of interesting, if grainy, photos. of combat training &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt title & badge to front board, VG. See illustration on our website.
£85
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History of the Cheshire Home Guard from L.D.V. Formation to Stand-Down 1940-1944.
1st Ed., xiii+158pp., approx. 4 photos. Aldershot: G&P.
1950
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Interesting detailed history. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£30
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The Bromley Home Guard: A History of the 51st Kent Battalion.
By L.D.V. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., [iv]+80pp., 23 photos., 2 cartoons. Printed by the Sun Engraving Co., Ltd. nd [1945].
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Rare & detailed history with several interesting photos. & 2 cartoons reproduced from the unit's magazine, 'The Willing Horse.' Named group photo. of officers. Nominal roll (showing, interestingly, that a total of 3420 individuals served in the ranks between 1940-44, plus 81 in the 'Electricity Unit'), roll of officers & their appointments, 1941-44, & roll of members who joined regular forces. VG with RUSI bookplate (presented by the unit, 1945), paper label at foot of sp. & small, neat IWM 'withdrawn' stamp inside rear cover. VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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Record of the Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport Department Home Guard, May, 1940-December, 1944.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 28pp., several photos. No imprint/date (for the Corporation, c.1945).
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90th Bn. (Lancs.) Home Guard, short history & nominal roll. Misbound but rare & complete. Ex-IWM with withdrawn stamp inside rear cover. See illustration on our website.
£50
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We Also Served: The Story of the Home Guard in Cambridgeshire & the Isle of Ely 1940-1943.
1st Ed., vi+107pp., 8 plates. Cambridge: Heffer (for the TA Assoc.).
1944
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Much interesting detail on organisation of the Home Guard. Includes 27 portrait photos. of various ranks. Orig. blue cloth, somewhat worn, about VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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The History of the 4th Worcestershire (Evesham) Battalion Home Guard. [Parts I & II:] May, 1940 to January 1st, 1943 [and] January 1st, 1943, to December 31st, 1944.
1st Eds., orig. dec. card wraps., 12 & 16pp. 4 illus. Evesham: Journal Press. Contemp.
1944
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Rare two-part history inc. roll & named group photo. of the officers, &c. VG with RUSI bookplate (presented by the unit, 1946), paper label at foot of sp. & neat IWM withdrawn stamps inside rear covers. See illustration on our website.
£90
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The Story of "A" Sector Warwickshire Home Guard, 2nd & 7th Battalions: A History of the formation, development & eventual dissolution of two typical battalions of Britain's Home Guard Army, 1940-44.
1st Ed., vii+140pp., photos. & sketches, ep maps. Rugby: George Over.
1946
#64080
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Much interesting detail inc. Rugby Town Coy., Home Guard Railwaymen, Willans Platoons, Medical unit, &c. Much interesting detail on exercises, weapons, &c., drawings of flashes/badges, several lists of officers. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£65
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Record of The Birmingham City Transport Home Guard, May, 1940-December, 1944.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., oblong 4to, 60pp., portraits &c. throughout. Printed by Buckler & Webb Ltd., Birmingham.
1944
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Very scarce & fully illustrated record: short history of the units + complete nominal roll (HQ & the various companies). Orig. dec. card wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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Battalion Souvenir: A Short Account of the 11th Suffolk Home Guard.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 68pp., num. photos., several cartoons. Ipswich: East Anglian Daily Times Ltd.
1945
#64083
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Rare & detailed record of battalion based at Ipswich, nicely printed on art paper throughout, with num. group photos., & some interesting details about, for instance, the Spigot Mortar Competition & the Street Fighting Competition, HG weapons (such as the Northover Projector) & much else. Nominal rolls of HQ & each Coy. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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The Book of Number Two Platoon "A" Company 1st City of London Home Guard.
1st Ed., 47pp., 4to, sketches & drawings, plan. Printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons. nd (c.1945)
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Rare record of just one Company based in The Temple. Nominal roll &c. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with cream cloth backstrip, gilt title to front, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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