A HISTORY OF THE 58th SURREY BATTALION HOME GUARD

The Home Guard, familiar to us all from the antics of Dads Army on the TV, in fact performed a deadly serious role - guarding infrastructure and communications, and releasing the regular Army for more front-line work. This is one of the Home Guards Unit histories, giving a detailed account of their history - from the Governments first appeal for volunteers onwards. The Home Guards history stretched from the early anxious days in the summer of 1940 when a German invasion was hourly expected to th