Description:Pictured are some members of 'D' Company, Ridware Platoon assembled for the photographer. Among the group is Horace West, who was the local Blacksmith (middle row, 5th from left). ‘D’ Company, 12th Battalion, Staffordshire Home Guard, included Platoons from Armitage, Handsacre, Longdon, Blithbury and the Ridwares.
Centre front: Sergeant Harry Tregay.
First row, left to right: Fred Sammons, Unknown, Sergeant Alfred Jones, Corporal Ted Scott, Second Lieutenant Les Daffern, Lieutenant Charles Fox, Syd Carter, Unknown.
Middle row: Unknown, Harry Smith, Unknown, Fred Greatrix, Horace West (who was the local Blacksmith), Unknown, Samuel Perrin, Unknown, Unknown.
Back row: Mick Maskrey, Percy Knight, John Maskrey, Charles Perrin, Unknown, Unknown, Tom Jones, Unknown.
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Acknowledgement: Photograph courtesy of Helen Sharp and Richard Ewing.