Wiltshire Home Guard
living history group
Useful Information
Index:
1. Our next meeting
We're not holding meetings at the moment. Instead we make decisions either at events or by consensus on our members Facebook page.
2. Potential contacts for Home Guard service records
SERVICE RECORDS:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/request-home-guard-service-|
or write to:
British Army,
Army Personnel Centre,
Historic Disclosures,
65 Brown St,
Glasgow, G2 8EX,
Scotland
WESTBURY HOME GUARD:
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/collections/133/wiltshire-home-guard-warminster-battalions
3. Our preferred suppliers
Over time, members of the Group have found the following suppliers to be reliable, providing good quality, period items:
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE (AKA 1944 AIRBORNE):
(denim & battledress uniforms, reproduction webbing and inert replica weapons)
Euro House 13, Tyn-y-Llidiart Industrial Estate, Corwen, Denbighshire, North Wales LL21 9QX
Tel: 01490 412225 / Fax: 01490 412205 / Email: sales@sofmilitary.co.uk / Website: www.sofmilitary.co.uk
MONTY'S LOCKER:
(cloth insignia, shoulder titles, battalion numbers, trade and qualification badges - all reproduction)
Northfield, 108 Church Road, Saughall, Chester, Cheshire CH1 6EW
Tel: 01244 657909 / Email: enquiries@montyslocker.co.uk /Website: www.montyslocker.co.uk
WARTIME WARDROBE:
(non Home Guard uniforms, eg RAF, ATS)
Steve Harvey - Tel: 01268 794344 / Mobile: 07887 583093
DEL'S MILITARIA:
(original equipment and reproduction head gear; eg shoes, webbing, hats)
90 Northern Road, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1PL
Tel: 01793 541386 / Mobile: 07738 758870 / Email: derek.nicholls44@yahoo.co.uk
DIVPATCH.COM:
(reproduction military cloth insignia, including printed rather than woven insignia, specialising in 1939-45 period)
Email: sales@divpatch.com / www.divpatch.com, and on facebook
BATTLEDRESS AND BAYONET:
WW2 British and Commonwealth weapons and kit
www.battledressandbayonet.com
Email: marksimm.books@btconnect.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Battledress-and-Bayonet-312654208779461/