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From Dusk Till Dawn: The Sedgebury Wallop Home Guard Platoon Prepare for War
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1942
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A.G. Street
37 books7 followersArthur George Street who wrote under the name of A.G. Street, was an English farmer, writer and broadcaster. His books were published by the literary publishing house of Faber and Faber. His best-known book was Farmer's Glory, describing his time in Canada and how he returned to Wiltshire.
The son of a Wiltshire tenant farmer, Street was born at Ditchampton Farm, Wilton, Wiltshire, near Salisbury, where he eventually took over the tenancy. He was educated at Dauntsey's School, where agriculture was part of the curriculum, and left school in 1907 at the age of sixteen. He then spent some years learning farming from his father.
The son of a Wiltshire tenant farmer, Street was born at Ditchampton Farm, Wilton, Wiltshire, near Salisbury, where he eventually took over the tenancy. He was educated at Dauntsey's School, where agriculture was part of the curriculum, and left school in 1907 at the age of sixteen. He then spent some years learning farming from his father.
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January 16, 2022
This is a neat sometimes humourous account of a fictitious Home Guard unit (based on a real one) written originally in 1945.
With hindsight and the gentle, affectionate mockery of "Dad's Army" is is easy to forget that the Home Guard was established when the threat of invasion was very real and the unpaid volunteers were expected and prepared to be the first line of defence against a highly trained professional army, prepared and trained to engage the enemy until overcome or relieved.
Men aged from 17 to 65 volunteered in their thousands the length and breadth of Britain; sometimes it is good to be reminded of it and to be thankful.
With hindsight and the gentle, affectionate mockery of "Dad's Army" is is easy to forget that the Home Guard was established when the threat of invasion was very real and the unpaid volunteers were expected and prepared to be the first line of defence against a highly trained professional army, prepared and trained to engage the enemy until overcome or relieved.
Men aged from 17 to 65 volunteered in their thousands the length and breadth of Britain; sometimes it is good to be reminded of it and to be thankful.
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