Title

25th Battalion, London Home Guard, demonstrating camouflage tricks, World War II, c1940-c1944. Artist: Unknown

Caption

25th Battalion, London Home Guard, demonstrating camouflage tricks, World War II, c1940-c1944. 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

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives

Reference

HRM19D84_160

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

31,7Mb (1,5Mb) / 12,6in x 9,8in / 3780 x 2934 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings London England people male training man men house guy British weapon weapons gun guns camouflage uniform dress kneeling war century helmet Britain aiming soldiers soldier rifle wartime concept outside B&W 1940s MONOCHROME warfare volunteer volunteers Forties World War II World War two WWII black & white black and white B W weaponry world war 2 20th century decade Home Front home guard Second World War TGN tin hat WW2 photograph Keystone Archives 2nd World War Unknown photograph