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To disperse British regular forces around the country to provide rapid response cover for potential drop areas would severely deplete the main Home Defence order of battle, but that role appeared tailor-made for local Home Guard units and so throughout 1940 and 1941, defence against paratroops dominated much Home Guard thinking and training.
By 26 September 1914, 72% of Territorials had signed; the remainder were consigned to second line battalions. New Territorial recruits continued to be able to enlist for home service only, until March 1915. The Military Service Act 1916 forced those under the age of 41 to sign the Imperial Service Obligation or resign. [1]
The Home Service Force (HSF [1]) was a Home Guard type force established in the United Kingdom in 1982. Each HSF unit was placed with either a Regular Army or Territorial Army regiment or battalion for administrative purposes and given that formation's title, cap badge and recruited from volunteers aged 18–60 with previous British forces (TA or regular) experience.
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Home Guard soldiers training with a Bombard on a fixed concrete mounting (May 1943) An abandoned Bombard emplacement, Brompton, Kent (2007) The first Bombards appeared in late 1941, [19] and were issued to both regular and Home Guard units; [20] in Southern Command, no more were issued after July 1942. By that time, approximately 22,000 ...
Brigadier General William Denman Croft, CB, CMG, DSO & Three Bars (15 March 1879 – 14 July 1968) was a British Army officer. He served as a brigadier general in the British Army in the First World War, and afterwards in India. He was one of seven British officers to be awarded the Distinguished Service Order four times
The Smith Gun was an ad hoc anti-tank artillery piece used by the British Army and Home Guard during the Second World War.. With a German invasion of Great Britain seeming likely after the defeat in the Battle of France, most available weaponry was allocated to the regular British Army, leaving the Home Guard short on supplies, particularly anti-tank weaponry.
The Projector, 2.5 inch—more commonly known as the Northover Projector—was an ad hoc anti-tank weapon used by the British Army and Home Guard during the Second World War. With a German invasion of Great Britain seeming likely after the defeat in the Battle of France , most available weaponry was diverted to the regular British Army, leaving ...