Picture No | 11111893 |
Date | 1940 |
Description | George Allison on River Patrol |
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George Allison, manager of Arsenal Football Club, carrying out a river patrol for the Home Guard. Note that he wears the armband of the 'LDV' (Local Defence Volunteers), which had been renamed as the 'Home Guard' by Churchill in July 1940.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Bystander, 14 August 1940 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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