Title

Holy Island fishermen Home Guards rifle practice, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, World War II, 1942. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Holy Island fishermen Home Guards rifle practice, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, World War II, 1942. The Home Guard was a volunteer force made up of men who were ineligible for service in the regular army. Originally organised in 1940 as the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), its purpose was to assist in the defence of Britain in the event of a German invasion. The Home Guard was stood down in December 1944 and formally disbanded a year later.

Date

1942

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives

Reference

HRM19D84_149

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,8Mb (1,4Mb) / 12,4in x 9,7in / 3714 x 2898 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England people male training man men house fishing guy British weapon weapons gun guns exercise Northumberland fisherman fishermen kneeling war century Britain soldiers soldier rifle wartime concept outside lindisfarne B&W 1940s MONOCHROME warfare volunteer volunteers Forties World War II World War two WWII Northumbria black & white black and white B W weaponry world war 2 20th century (Holy Island) decade Home Front home guard rifle drill Second World War TGN WW2 Northumbrian photograph Keystone Archives 2nd World War Unknown photograph