South Staffordshire Home Guard on Cannock Chase

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Date:1942

Description:The 29th Battalion of the South Staffordshire Home Guard at practice at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. Bomb throwing practice, captioned "we threw bombs too".

The 29th Battalion were based at West Bromwich Albion's football ground, The Hawthorns, and were formed in May 1940 following the redesignation of the local Local Defence Volunteers group.

From an album of photographs taken by Lt. F Guest, the Battalion Intelligence Officer. .

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Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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