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Local Defence Collection

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. 1917. Rear view of President Woodrow Wilson

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. 1917. Rear view of President Woodrow Wilson

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. Wilson, Back To Camera, Rev. 1917

Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. Wilson, Back To Camera, Rev. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. Wilson, Back To Camera, Rev. 1917. Rear view of President Woodrow Wilson

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. Wilson, Back To Camera, Rev. 1917

Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. Wilson, Back To Camera, Rev. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Home Guard - Organization of Government Clerks, D.C. [President Woodrow] Wilson, Back To Camera, Rev. 1917

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Inspecting The Home Guard, 1940s, (1945). Creator: Unknown

Inspecting The Home Guard, 1940s, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Inspecting The Home Guard, 1940s, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspects the local defence volunteers during the Second World War

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Covering the road block, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton

Covering the road block, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Covering the road block, 1941. Men of the Home Guard in a dug-out, protected by sandbags, aim their rifles ready for action. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Keeping in touch with home from the White House, Washington, 1943, (1945)

Keeping in touch with home from the White House, Washington, 1943, (1945). Churchill addressed the Home Guard from the White House, Washington in 1943

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Civil Defence volunteers, 1942

Civil Defence volunteers, 1942. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: All Night Raid on Britains Capital - Statue of John Milton, 1940, (1940)

All Night Raid on Britains Capital - Statue of John Milton, 1940, (1940). The Statue of poet John Milton (1608-1674) at St Giles-without-Cripplegate, damaged by a bombing raids on 24th August 1940

Background imageLocal Defence Collection: Britain on Guard, 1940, (1940)

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


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