Wiltshire Home Guard
Living History Group
13TH BATTALION, SWINDON GWR WORKS
Date Raised | 1 May 1943 from 5 Bn., F Coy (17 officers & 623 other ranks) |
Commanding Officer | Lt.-Col. S.A. Dyer |
Approximate Strength | 981, plus 115 men on supernumeracy strength in 220th (101st WHG) Z A.A. Bty. |
Companies | 7 |
COMPANIES | ||
Battalion H.Q. | C Company | L.A.A. Troop |
A Company | D Company | |
B Company | E Company |
Battalion H.Q.
Commander: Lt.-Col. S.A. Dyer
Location: No. 3 Emlyn Square, Swindon
PLATOONS - Strength & Commander/s
Intelligence | Lt. R. Fricker | |
Medical | Maj. A.W.C. Bennett | |
Signals | 2/Lt. S.V. Satchell | |
Welfare & Messing | Lt. W.E. Miller | |
Gas | Lt. M.A.E. Tucker | |
Ammunition | Lt. W.G. Clack | |
Press | Lt. E.A.H. Chegwidden | |
Motor Transport | Lt. F. Raven | |
Weapons Training | Lt. H.W. Tompkins |
OFFICERS
Lt.-Col. S.A. Dyer | Lt. W.E. Miller |
Maj. H.J. Morse | Lt. M.A.E. Tucker |
Maj. A.W.C. Bennett | Lt. W.G. Clack |
Capt. J.A. Haynes | Lt. E.A.H. Chegwidden |
Capt. T.H. Tarry | Lt. F. Raven |
Lt. R. Fricker | Lt. H.W. Tompkins |
Lt. R. Bromley |
NCO's and Other Ranks
C.S.M. Lavington | Sgt. S.W. Gullis |
C.S.M. Biddle | R.Q.M.S. W.H. Boucher |
R.S.M. A.G. Head | Sgt. F.J. Wright, D.C.M. |
Sgt. G. Dibsdall | Col.-Sgt. W.H. Day |
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A COMPANY
Commander: Maj. F.I.V. Day
OFFICERS
Maj. F.I.V. Day | Capt. T.L. Whipp |
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B COMPANY
Commander: Maj. A.G. Porter
OFFICERS
Maj. A.G. Porter | Capt. R. Purbick |
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C COMPANY
Commander: Maj. F. Coombs
OFFICERS
Maj. F. Coombs | Capt. A. Wright |
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D COMPANY
Commander: Maj. J. Brooks
OFFICERS
Maj. J. Brooks | Capt. W. Batchelor, D.C.M. |
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E COMPANY
Commander: Maj. F. Dance
OFFICERS
Maj. F. Dance | Lt. F. Webber |
Capt. J.L. Roberts | Lt. C.W. Leader |
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L.A.A. Troop
Commander: Capt. A.L.C. Young
Strength: 103 [1 Capt., 2 Lt., 100 Other Ranks]
OFFICERS
Capt. A.L.C. Young |
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SOURCES:
Data: Company and Platoon data derived from The History of the Wiltshire Home Guard 1940 - 1944, Major E.A. Mackay, T.D., D.L., J.P., published 1946