Title

'Britain on Guard', 1940, (1940). Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Britain on Guard', 1940, (1940). On 14th May 1940, Prime Minister Eden announced the formation of a Home Guard of Local Defence Volunteers, many of whom were veterans, to patrol key infrastructures and railways. They were armed with rifles and bayonets and wore an official uniform. From The War in Pictures. [Odhams Press Limited, London, 1940]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1940

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C75_126

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

181,3Mb (13,2Mb) / 23,6in x 29,9in / 7067 x 8966 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation carrying people male man men shouting day guy weapon weapons gun guns railway following station war armed railway station century train station marching patrol rifle orders wartime concept bayonet B&W 1940s three people MONOCHROME warfare veteran publication Forties military uniform Carrying On Shoulders World War II World War two patrolling WWII black & white black and white B W weaponry world war 2 20th century publishers The Print Collector decade home guard Second World War WW2 photograph portrait 2nd World War Unknown Odhams Press War in Pictures Dad's Army local defence photograph portrait