Pirton & Holwell Home Guard - World War II
The source for the names is Joe Titmuss, if anyone else can fill in the gaps, add information, history or stories, I would very grateful to receive them.
If anyone has other historical photographs which they would be prepared to lend to me I would be grateful, it can be while you wait and should only take a couple of minutes!
Names Left to right and rear to front
1 ? Francis, 2 ???, 3 Ben Walker (Holwell), 4 John Day (Holwell), 5 Francis Parkins (Holwell), 6 Art Baines (Holwell), 7 Leslie Males (Holwell), 8 Harry Race (could be Hary) (Pirton)
1 Phillip Lake (Holwell), 2 Fred Bavister (Holwell) (formerly recorded as Charles Olney), 3 Stan Males (Pirton), 4 George Burton (Pirton), 5 Tom Burton (Pirton), 6 Arthur Burton (Pirton), 7 Frank Knott (Holwell), 8 Alec(x) Pilkington (Pirton), 9 Len? Saggers (Pirton), 10 Sam Taylor (Pirton)
1 Maurice ?(Pirton), 2 John Males (Holwell), 3 Donald Parry (Holwell) (formerly recorded as Arthur Males), 4 Mrs Martineau (Pirton), 5 Fred Sopp (Pirton) (Formerly recorded as Arthur), 6 A. A, (Bill) Pryor (Holwell), 7 Barbara Castle (Pirton) (formerly recorded as Wilshere), 8 Arthur Carter, 9 Cyril Baines, 10 Fred Males (Pirton)
1 Hedley Handscombe (Pirton), 2 Ted Males (Pirton), 3 Alf Britnell (Pirton) (formerly recorded as Les Handscombe), 4 George Trussell (Pirton)
Blue are correction / amendments
by Ronnie Mead October 2003
Red is provided by Eric Peters