CITY OF LONDON HOME GUARD BATTALIONS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/531
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CITY OF LONDON HOME GUARD BATTALIONS
Date(s)	: 1940-1945
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 84 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 various City of London and Essex Home Guard Battalions; including:
- 1st City of London Battalion;
- 2nd City of London (Civil Service) Battalion;
- 6th City of London (Silvertown) Battalion;
- 7th City of London Battalion;
- 8th City of London (Hackney) Battalion;
- 9th City of London (Essex: Walthamstow and Chingford) Battalion;
- 11th City of London (Dagenham) Battalion;
- 13th City of London (West Ham) Battalion;
- 15th City of London (Port of London Authority) Battalion;
- 19th City of London (2nd General Post Office) Battalion;
- 20th City of London (3rd General Post Office) Battalion;
- 21st City of London (4th General Post Office) Battalion;
- 72nd City of London Battalion, C Company;
- 102nd City of London (Rocket Anti-Aircraft Battery) Battalion.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Nominal rolls organised 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/532.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
June to August 2010.