The Humber Home Guard, Coventry

15th Warwickshire (Coventry) Battalion photo's and Home Guard duty roster

Humber Home Guard. If you can name any of the people in this photo, please click here to contact me.

Members of the Humber Home Guard

Photo of the queue to see an unexploded bomb

Admission 1D. "Come and see the bomb that did not go off"

ASW 1/123 – N.C.O DUTIES
15th Warwickshire (Cov.) Battn. H. G.
(Humber Limited)
Rota of N.C.O. DUTIES. DECEMBER, 1942.

Date. / Factory. / I.A. Troops

1.  Sgt.Hill M.M

2.  Sgt. Woodley.

3.  Sgt. Ruscoe. / Sgt. Morris.

4.  Sgt. Ancell

5.  Sgt. Bromfield

6.  Sgt. Simms. / Sgt. Kightley.

7.  Sgt. Coulson

8.  Sgt..Hill M.M

9.  Sgt. Woodley. / Sgt. Ruscoe.

10. Sgt. Morris

11. Sgt. Ancell

12. Sgt. Bromfield. / Sgt. Simms.

13. Sgt. Kightley

14. Sgt. Coulson

15. Sgt. Hill M.M. / Sgt. Woodley.

16. Sgt. Ruscoe.

17. Sgt. Morris.

18. Sgt. Ancell. / Sgt. Bromfield.

19. Sgt. Simms.

20. Sgt. Kightley.

21. Sgt. Coulson. / Sgt. Hill M.M.

22. Sgt. Woodley.

23. Sgt. Ruscoe.

24. Sgt. Morris. / Sgt. Ancell.

25. Sgt. Bromfield.

26. Sgt. Simms.

27. Sgt. Kightley. / Sgt. Coulson.

28. Sgt. Hill M.M.

29. Sgt. Woodley.

30. Sgt. Ruscoe. / Sgt. Morris.

31. Sgt. Ancell.

Transcribed Home Guard Duty Roster from 1942

British Home Defences 1940-45 by Bernard Lowry

In the summer of 1940, Britain asked itself not 'will Hitler invade?' but 'when?' SEALION, the German invasion plan, provoked the construction of pillboxes, coastal defences, heavy-gun emplacements and anti-aircraft batteries, as well as the formation of the Home Guard and covert groups. Later, new dangers replaced SEALION: radar detection systems were expanded during the Blitz years, as were intelligence-gathering systems and listening posts.

From 1944, Britain was again faced with a deadly threat, Hitler's 'Vengeance weapons'. This title provides a concise assessment of Britain's defensive systems, and presents a vivid picture of war on the home front.

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Coventry Home Guard Photo with Sergeant Alfred Hill, Unknown and Mr Jones who was unfortunately killed in an accident

Coventry Home Guard Photo with Sergeant Alfred Hill, Unknown and Mr Jones who was unfortunately killed in an accident

Home Guard group photo

Photo of Humber Home Guard
outside the camouflaged factory

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