Who was in Box Home Guard? Graham Eyles (courtesy Stephen Eyles)
Thanks to the diligence of Graham Eyles, we have a record of the names of many of the Box Home Guard. Any corrections or additons would be gratefully received. For details of their service see full Box Home Guard dropdown on Home Guard Story.
Back Row
1. Fred Tatchell 2. Ben Gussie Vaughan 3. unknown 4. Daniel Pillinger 5. unknown 6. unknown 7. unknown 8. unknown 9. Stan Ford 10. F Fairbank 11. Ivor Ball 12. Alec Smith 13. Graham Eyles 14. Percy Hancock 15. Les Hinton 16. Arthur Haydon 17. Eric Dibber 18. Mr Jenkins 19. Roly Bird |
Second Row
20. Bill Peters 21. Mr Field 22. Mr Hillman 23. unknown 24. Ted Head 25. unknown (Wadswick) 26. Frank Wickings 27. unknown 28. Pete Ody 29. unknown 30. Eric Bayliss 31. Ted Gingell 32. unknown 33. Norman Martin 34. Bill Perry 35. E Potter 36. Taffy Bolton 37. unknown 38. L Francis 39. Erbie Hunt 40. Mr Stevens |
Third Row
41. unknown (Wadswick) 42. unknown 43. Wilf Clothier 44. Bill Dermott 45. Mr Long (Middlehill) 46. F Richards 47. unknown (Box Hill) 48. Magic Shepherd 49. Reg Bray 50. P Best 51. unknown 52. Alfie Nowell 53. unknown 54. Harry Milsom 55. unknown (Kingsdown) 56. T Tucker 57. unknown 58. Bill Chaffey 59. Bill Bradley 60. Mr Perkins |
Fourth Row
61. unknown 62. Mr Jenkins (Wadswick) 63. unknown 64. C Lancaster 65. CH Fildes 66. GR Cope 67. GRC Soutar 68. John Morley 69. C McEwan 70. Doug Taylor 71. Cecil Lambert 72. J Butler 73. A Rickson 74. Ted Hulbert |
Front Row
75. Walt Tye 76. Ian Aberdeen 77. unknown (Kingsdown) 78. unknown 79. unknown 80. Basil unknown 81. Kruger Barnett 82. Fred Nicholls 83. Mr Davies 84. unknown 85. Mr Hunt (Murray & Baldwin) |
Phil Martin records:
Norman Martin middle row turning; Les Hinton (bell ringer who lived in house next to church) right; Cecil Lambert top right splodge; Jack ? (Fairmead View) 3rd left turning; Bill Chaffey top left; Ben Vaughan 6th left. Please let us know if you can help with any of the names.
Norman Martin middle row turning; Les Hinton (bell ringer who lived in house next to church) right; Cecil Lambert top right splodge; Jack ? (Fairmead View) 3rd left turning; Bill Chaffey top left; Ben Vaughan 6th left. Please let us know if you can help with any of the names.