Picture No | 11111857 |
Date | 1940 |
Description | The Cavalry Corps of the L.D.V. |
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Member of the Local Defence Volunteers watching on horseback for an enemy attack in Charlwood, Surrey. The L.D.V. (later renamed the 'Home Guard') 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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