• Reference
    X550/14
  • Title
    Bedfordshire Home Guard.
  • Date free text
    1940-1961
  • Production date
    From: 1940 To: 1959
  • Admin/biog history
    BEDFORDSHIRE HOME GUARD 1940 - 1945 [Provisional account] 1940 Raised as Local Defence Volunteers and groups in Bns. (May) 1st Bn - Bedford & North-West 2nd Bn - Biggleswade & East 3rd Bn - Dunstable & South-West 4th Bn - Luton 1940 L.D.V. redesignated "Home Guard" (Jul) 1941 Officers granted commissions and thereafter listed in the Home Guard list (Feb) 1942 5th, 6th & 7th Bns. formed on account of unwieldy size of original bns. (Jul - Nov) County divided into Beds North & Beds South sections 1943 8th Bn. formed (Mar) 1943 "B" Bedfordshire Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Troop formed. (Nov ?) 1944 Stand down. No further parades or training (Nov) 1945 Disbandment (Dec) BEDFORDSHIRE HOME GUARD 1952 - 1957 1952 Raised as "cadre" battalions. Peace time establishment (Apr) 50 all ranks Beds. sector HQ - Bedford 1st Bn. - Bedford 2nd Bn. - Biggleswade 3rd Bn. - Dunstable 4th Bn. - Luton 1955 All Bns. reduced to "reserve" status, key personnel only on active list (Dec) 1957 All Bns. disbanded
  • Level of description
    sub-fonds