Newspaper photo of Home Guard in Daily Sketch. Newspaper article ' Isle of the Over 40's' in The Daily Telegraph.
Photo caption : ‘Sailors learn soldiering’ – Home Guard at firing practice on the beach appeared in newspaper 1 July 1942. Article about over 50 men out of population of 270 serving in Second World War, mostly at sea. Recalls some wartime stories and mentions John Markwell , coxswain.
Creator
Daily Sketch and Daily TelegraphDate of creation
1939 - 1945Date of coverage
1939 - 1945Extent
1Place
Holy IslandCopyright
DepositorReference number
HOL/007/005Storage location
Holy Island Reading RoomFormat
Newspapers clippings (94)
Subject
Life on Holy Island (172)
Lifeboats (153)
World War II (11)
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