2-632-294 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Britain on Guard', 1940, (1940). On 14th May 1940, Prime Minister Eden announced the formation of a Home Guard of Local Defence Volunteers, many of whom were veterans, to patrol key infrastructures and railways. They were armed with rifles and bayonets and wore an official uniform. From The War in Pictures. [Odhams Press Limited, London, 1940]