"Duty Without Glory" by Davy Orr

Here are details from the flyleaf of a new book, just published, "Duty Without Glory" - The Story of Ulster's Home Guard in the Second World War and the Cold War.

ISBN: 978-0-9538367-2-7


From the formation of early militias, yeomanry and volunteers the concept of civilians taking arms and organising to defend their homes against insurrection, rebellion or foreign invasion particularly in Ireland’s most northerly counties is not new.
However it would be the threat faced by the British Isles in 1940 which would see the largest mobilisation of civilian volunteers throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
From 1940 to1944 and uniquely in the United Kingdom the Home Guard in Northern Ireland was raised as an extension of the Constabulary Forces which were administered by the Stormont Government. This unusual arrangement led to a number of differences between the Home Guard raised in Ulster and that raised in Great Britain.
This long overdue history based on the Cabinet Papers of the Stormont Government, contemporary newspaper reports, police and military files and reminiscences from former members covers both the Ulster Home Guard raised during the Second World War and the Home Guard again raised in Northern Ireland during the 1950’s Cold War.
The book is illustrated with a combination of private photographs published for the first time and newspaper images amongst others. Also included is a chapter which examines various German invasion and espionage plans for the island of Ireland and an order of battle for the Ulster Home Guard in 1942, down to Company level.
With no previous book exploring the Home Guard in Northern Ireland in this manner Duty without Glory fills a void in Northern Ireland military, local and constabulary history.

Available from all good bookshops and on-line book sellers.

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6083507

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Duty-without-Glory-Ulsters-Second/dp/095383672X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201471480&sr=1-1

http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/Duty_without_Glory/9780953836727

Or it’s also available direct from the Publisher by emailing mail@ulsterhomeguard.co.uk.