Battle Home Guard
"F" Company 

19th Battalion Sussex  - Battle Home Guard 1942                      Photograph by Roy Hudson 
I  joined the Home Guard on the same day as my School Headmaster Mr.A.G.Clarke
 


 H.G. Private Ivor White, 15 years old.
One of the few
surviving members of the 19th Battalion Sussex Home Guard

 I joined the Irish Guards in 1944 and was
"On Active Service" in Germany, Egypt, and Palestine, from where I was de-mobilised in 1948 due to the foundation of the new State of Israel

Been there, done that, got the Certificate
( No tee-shirts in those days !) 
 

Awarded for my
"Services rendered to the Home Guard"
from
 29th Jan 1942  to 1st Dec 1944


L.D.V. Private Graham White, 17 years old.
Seen here, my brother in Local Defence Volunteer uniform, later to become The Home Guard, with his friend Leslie Oliver (left). They both joined the Grenadier Guards at 18. Graham, as a member of a Churchill Tank crew, fought with the Guards Armoured Division from Normandy to Luneberg Heath, while his friend's Battalion was sent to serve elsewhere. "Les" was killed during the fighting in Italy

 

 

 

Below is Ivor's pass to allow him acces to Battle Abbey wher his father worked

 

SPECIAL NOTICE
Re: My appearance in the Film -"Home Guard"
on the UKtv History Channel

Go to my Battle Abbey website to see my report.
www.battle-abbey.co.uk
 



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