File:The Second World War 1939 - 1945- the Home Front H5842.jpg
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War Office official photographer, Puttnam Len (Lt) |
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| Description |
English: The Second World War 1939 - 1945- the Home Front Two members of the Home Guard with a Vickers machine gun on the village green in Brockham, Surrey. Originally known as the Local Defence Volunteers, the force was set up in 1940 as a precaution against enemy parachute landings behind the lines in the event of an invasion. By July the Home Guard numbered 500,000. |
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between 1939 and 1945 date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//36/media-36326/large.jpg
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| Permission (Reusing this file) |
This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation. | |||
| Part of InfoField | War Office Second World War Official Collection | |||
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| Category InfoField | photographs | |||
| Image sorted InfoField | yes |
| Camera location | 51° 13′ 57.72″ N, 0° 17′ 14.28″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |
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