Corporate DS/UK/817 United Kingdom; Home Guard; 1940-1944; citizen militia Home Guard citizen militia 1940-1944 United Kingdom United Kingdom

Initially called "Local Defence Volunteers"; a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 until 1944, the Home Guard and comprising local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, usually owing to age. "Nicknamed Dad's Army". International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes A7003503 27/02/2015 DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 05/01/2022 3e981aff-eca2-4139-9493-a7836dc4dcd4