Local Defence Volunteers and the Ulster Home Guard

Local Defence Volunteers formed in 1940 due to the threat of an enemy invasion of the U.K. In Northern Ireland, they became the Ulster Home Guard in 1942.

Ulster Home Guard

Ulster Home Guard Motor Boat Patrol

On 19th September 1942, War Office Photographer Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed volunteers of an Ulster Home Guard Motor Boat Patrol on duty in Northern Ireland.

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