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Quorn Home Guard Final Bulletin no 39, 1st December 1944
On 14th May 1940, Anthony Eden, the Secretary for War created the Local Defence Volunteers, later known as the Home Guard.
The Home Guard was stood down on 3rd December 1944, although it was not officially disbanded until December 1945.
The Home Guard magazine below is entitled Quorn and it was initially thought that it referred to Quorn village Home Guard, but this was No. 13 Platoon of the Charnwood Battalion.
This magazine was published by the 6th (Quorn) Battalion, which was based in Melton Mowbray and named after the hunt, so it was not actually associated with our village. This is their final edition no. 39, dated 1st December 1944, entitled:
H. G. Bulletin, “C” Company, Quorn Battalion
MAUSOLEUM
Here lies the carcase of ‘C’ Company QUORN Battalion of the HOME GUARD OF ENGLAND
It is written with great humour.
The magazine belonged to Eric George Worth, whose son Jeff has kindly donated it to Quorn Village On-line Museum. Eric joined the ‘Quorn’ Home Guard in 1941 and remained in 6th (Quorn) Battalion in Melton until he was called up in 1943. Eric never lived in Quorn, but he went to nearby Loughborough Grammar School.
See also Artefact 2640 and Artefact 2641.
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2026-02-01 |
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Submitted by: |
Jeff Worth with additional information from Dennis Marchant |
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Artefact ID: |
2642 |
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Artefact URL: |
www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=2642 |
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