9th Battalion, Sussex Home Guard 1942
Photograph by Roy Hudson
I joined the Home Guard on the same day as my
School Headmaster Mr.A.G.Clarke
Ivor recals his memories of the Battle Home
Guard
H.G. Private Ivor White, 15 years old.
One of the few surviving members of 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
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.
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
JIMMY'S Autobiography
Visitors to this site may be interested
to know that Jimmy Perry, writer of
many classic BBC sitcoms including
Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum,
Hi-de-Hi, You Rang My Lord and Oh
Doctor Beeching, has written his
autobiography, A Stupid Boy