Cheshire Home Guard at the Cheshire Military Museum

Cheshire Home Guard will be at Cheshire Military Museum for the weekend of 23rd and 24th August, the Bank Holiday Weekend – an ideal time to visit Chester and the museum.

The group is based on the Home Guard Units of Cheshire during World War 2, displaying many aspects of Home Front Life.

The Home Guard, familiar to us all from TV’s ‘Dad’s Army’ performed a deadly serious role – guarding infrastructure and communications, and releasing the regular Army for more front-line work.

Cheshire Home Guard can talk about its history, and show you some of the items they used – from the Government’s first appeal for volunteers in the summer of 1940 when a German invasion was hourly expected, to the preparations for D-Day when ‘the boot was on the Allied foot’.

It is a story of amateurism transformed into increasing sophistication and better weaponry; and a professional and patriotic dedication to often humdrum duty that united Great War veterans with youths awaiting the call-up to the regular forces.

When they were disbanded in November 1944 the Home Guard deserved the thanks of a grateful nation that they had truly served and helped to save.

Come and find out more and say hello!

You can also see the pens used to sign the surrender of Japan and end World War 2, almost exactly 80 years ago.

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