Seeking photo of Alan Bird Durham Home Guard 10th Batallion!

[FoggyFurze]

Hi all,

I've recently found my granduncles digitised enrolment form at The National Archives site for the Durham Home Guard, 10th Batallion. His dob was 22nd September, 1921. He was from Gateshead. He didn't join until 1944 (reluctant soldier perhaps!). Not expecting much, but appreciate any help!
Kind regards, Lisa

[alan o]

As the Home Guard was stood down in Dec 44 he can't have had much service.  Was he in a protected occupation which is why he was not conscripted into the Arm or was he medically unfit?

[Tickettyboo]

As the Home Guard was stood down in Dec 44 he can't have had much service. 

One of my twiglets was in the Durham Home Guard and his discharge was 31 Dec 1945
Boo

[FoggyFurze]

No clue why he joined so late. The 1939 census indicates he was an electrician. Likely a reserved occupation, especially if he was in the mines. No clue, though. I never met any of this side of the family as my grandmother was adopted, and my DNA results have helped me find my previously unknown great-grandparents, and their other children on Ancestry.

[alan o]

As the Home Guard was stood down in Dec 44 he can't have had much service. 

One of my twiglets was in the Durham Home Guard and his discharge was 31 Dec 1945
Boo

That was the date it was formally disbanded but it ceased to operate in 1944.

[Kiltaglassan]

The 1939 census indicates he was an electrician.

It was a general register NOT a census.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/1939-register/

[FoggyFurze]

The 1939 census indicates he was an electrician.

It was a general register NOT a census.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/1939-register/

And? Do you have anything helpful to add to my request? I LOVE the 1939 CENSUS, don't you! 1939 CENSUS 1939 CENSUS

[haliared]

Is this any help?
They appear to have some photographs online to view.

https://dre.durham.gov.uk/Images/ByPerson/Home%20Guard