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Holy Island fishermen Home Guards rifle practice, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, World War II, 1942. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
Holy Island fishermen Home Guards rifle practice, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, World War II, 1942. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
Holy Island fishermen Home Guards rifle practice, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, World War II, 1942. The Home Guard was a volunteer force made up of men who were ineligible for service in the regular army. Originally organised in 1940 as the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), its purpose was to assist in the defence of Britain in the event of a German invasion. The Home Guard was stood down in December 1944 and formally disbanded a year later.
Credit:
Album / Heritage Images / Keystone Archives
Releases:
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Image size:
3714 x 2898 px | 30.8 MB
Print size:
31.4 x 24.5 cm | 12.4 x 9.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
(HOLY ISLAND) • 1940S • 20TH CENTURY • 2ND WORLD WAR • ARMS • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITAIN • BRITISH • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CENTURY • CONCEPT • DECADE • ENGLAND • EXERCISE • EXTERIOR • FISHERMAN • FISHERMEN • FISHING • FORTIES • GUN • GUNS • GUY • HOME FRONT • HOME GUARD • HOUSE • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • KNEELING • LINDISFARNE • MALE • MAN • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NORTHUMBERLAND • NORTHUMBRIA • NORTHUMBRIAN • OUTSIDE • PEOPLE • PHOTOGRAPH • RIFLE DRILL • RIFLE • SECOND WORLD WAR • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • TRAINING • VOLUNTEER • VOLUNTEERS • WAR • WARFARE • WARTIME • WEAPON • WEAPONARY • WEAPONRY • WEAPONS • WORLD WAR 2 • WORLD WAR II • WW2 • WWII
