Presentation of the Wiltshire Home Guard in 1944
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This photograph shows the presentation of an award to Home Guard member Mr C Wheeler in April 1944. He was a member of the 13th Battalion of the Wiltshire Home Guard which was formed in 1943 to protect GWR property in Swindon. It was made up entirely of GWR employees. The men of this battalion maintained their jobs with the company in the day and trained with the Home Guard in the evenings
Media ID 19929945
Date: 31st January 2014
Unique Reference Number: HWW2-2 018
Image Size: 2652 x 1799 Pixels
Filesize is 0.86MB
Associated Categories: Swindon Works
Associated Categories: War Workers
Associated Categories: Workers at Swindon Works
Associated Categories: The Railway at War
Associated Categories: Second World War
Keywords: 13th battalion, home guard, presentation, swindon, swindon works, volunteers, wiltshire