The Celtic Home Guard

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Members of the Home Guard with weaponery

Scottish Premier League — Scottish Football League — Clubs Stadia Yearly awards Monthly awards Representative team. After a bitter struggle, the 'enemy' forces succeeded in taking the town but were later overpowered. Many of the drawings in this series are tongue-in-cheek in tone, depicting slightly overweight older men enthusiastically engaged in military training. However, the Home Guard ultimately had a serious purpose and increasingly provided useful training for younger men before their call up to the Army. Members of the Home Guard still did their regular jobs and then drilled and patrolled around their work.

They were not paid.

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This Ministry of Information photograph was taken in and shows factory worker Richard Sainsbury having tea with his family before going on Home Guard duty. Factories were a priority for defence and many had their own Home Guard units. Churchill was a vocal supporter of the Home Guard and it was at his insistence that its name was changed in July Should the invader come to Britain, there will be no placid lying down of the people in submission before him, as we have seen, alas, in other countries.

We shall defend every village, every town, and every city'.

Last surviving member of the Home Guard reveals what it was like being in the real life Dad's Army

This photograph emphasises the contrast between a Local Defence Volunteer and a Home Guard. The Home Guard developed into a well-trained and well-equipped fighting force. The average age of members of the Home Guard decreased as 'old sweats' were retired, and young men of 17 and 18 were incorporated into the Home Guard prior to reaching military age and being called up for military service.

Thursday 11 January Evacuation took place in several waves. The first came on 1 September - the day Germany invaded Poland and two days before the British declaration of war.

Over the course of three days 1. Having failed to prevent the defeat of Poland in September , Britain and France were faced with the prospect of a long and costly war with Germany.

A look at the Home Guard in pictures which have been named the real life Dad's Army

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