Picture No | 11111854 |
Date | 1940 |
Description | Charlwood, 1940 |
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Two elderly members of the Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard) in Charlwood, Surrey, stand armed with shotguns in front of the village war memorial. The L.D.V. was established in 1940 to prepare British citizens for a possible German invasion.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Bystander, 10 July 1940 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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