IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/532
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ESSEX HOME GUARD BATTALIONS
Date(s): 1940-1944
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 5 production units.
Name of creator(s): Home Guard x British Home Guard x Local Defence Volunteers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Home Guard was first raised in May, 1940, on a semi-civilian basis in close association with the Police force, and was originally known as the Local Defence Volunteers. It was organized in companies, grouped in zones, corresponding to Police districts. The aim of the Guard was to delay an enemy invasion force, providing the Government and the regular army with time to establish a professional defence and repel the enemy invasion.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Nominal rolls for Home Guard Battalions, comprising:
- 52nd Essex Battalion, M Company;
- 53rd Essex Battalion;
- 54th Essex Battalion.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Nominal rolls arranged by battalion.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
These records were given to Guildhall Library by the War Office, via the British Records Association, in 1949. They were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff in 1950.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The whereabouts of any other records of these units is unknown. See also CLC/531.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.