Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill14 July 1940
Encourages mobilisation of local defence volunteers against invasion.
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Encourages mobilisation of local defence volunteers against invasion.
The Local Defence Volunteers are renamed the Home Guard, risen to 1,250,000
Renames the Local Defence Volunteers as the Home Guard
Serves in the Home Guard during the war.
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