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 William Gurney, James Turner, Robert Eddles, Lt. N. King (Second in Command), Unknown V.I.P, Unknown V.I.P, Unknown V.I.P, Lt. A. Fairbrother (Officer Commanding, Mrs Fairbrother, Victor Hussey, – Mott, Harry Fairbrother, Percy Chilton.
-''The photograph was taken at Battle H.Q. The Hut, Parslows Hillocks, which stood on the site of what is now the house known as “Chipro” (?).''
+''The photograph was taken at Battle H.Q. The Hut, Parslows Hillocks, which stood on the site of what is now the house known as “[[Chipko]]"''
 ''The “unknown” men would be from Great Hampden.''

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	'''The names of those in the photograph were researched by [[Dennis Claydon]].'''		'''The names of those in the photograph were researched by [[Dennis Claydon]].'''

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 '''The names of those in the photograph were researched by [[Dennis Claydon]].'''
-He added "The photograph was taken at Battle H.Q., Parslows Hillocks, which stood on the site of what is now the house known as "Chipko".
+Lacey Green Home Guard Platoon
-The "unknown" men would be from Great Hampden,
+'''Back Row – Left to Right'''
-Harry Fairbrother, brother of the Officer Commanding, lived in the Channel Islands but managed to escape to England
+George Maunders, Thomas Maunders, George Oakford, Ernest Oakford (Hobbs), Unknown, George Luxford, Percy Dormer, Frederick Ginger, Jack Stokes, Harry Harvey, Unknown, Unknown, George Essex (?), “SOS” Brown.
+'''Second Row – Extreme Left to Righ'''t
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-Below Doug Tilbury's research on the Home Guard the memories of J T Baker of Loosley Row are recorded'''The HOME GUARD researched by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Doug_Tilbury Doug Tilbury]'''
+Edward “Fatty” Miller, Alfred Tapping, Albert Brandon, – Williams, Joseph Claydon, Leonard Oakford, William Dell, Edward Dell, Stanley Williams, – Jobbins, Albert Walker, Maurice Ridgley, Jack Robbins, Unknown, George Brooker.
 '''APPEAL FOR MEN'''

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 Harry Fairbrother, brother of the Officer Commanding, lived in the Channel Islands but managed to escape to England
+Below Doug Tilbury's research on the Home Guard the memories of J T Baker of Loosley Row are recorded'''The HOME GUARD researched by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Doug_Tilbury Doug Tilbury]'''
 '''APPEAL FOR MEN'''

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 '''BROOMSTICK RIFLES.'''   Rifles were unheard of and the men would come on parade carrying broomsticks and the like with which to do rifle drill and bayonet practice.   Sacks filled with straw and wood chippings would be strung up in the hall and rushed at with fearsome cries, urged on by the Captain, everybody making up for in enthusiasm what we so obviously lacked in skill.
-'''SHOOTING IN THE ROAD.'''   Another regular feature was the Sunday morning parade – 10.30am roll call in the open at the Whip crossroads (you couldn't do that in today’s traffic!).   I well remember one such Sunday when anybody who possessed a shot-gun had been asked to bring it along, so that some training could be given in the general use of firearms.   Mr. Cullam who kept an agricultural small-holding near the foundry at Loosley Row turned up with a magnificent 12 bore and a box of no.1 buck-shot cartridges.  He was loading, with the muzzle pointing downwards in the approved manner, when suddenly, inexplicably, one barrel discharged, tearing a lump of tarmac out of the road and spraying shot in all directions.   Miraculously nobody was hurt, but a motorbike standing some 30 to 40 yards away suffered a few dents!  '''ROUTE MARCH TO THE PUB.'''   Most Sundays saw a route march, sometimes covering 3 or 4 miles with short stretches taken at the double.   The parade would be dismissed around 12 noon, whereupon the majority, having built up a collective thirst of no mean proportions, would head for the nearest pub, which not infrequently turned out to be the Pink & Lily.
+'''SHOOTING IN THE ROAD.'''   Another regular feature was the Sunday morning parade – 10.30am roll call in the open at the Whip crossroads (you couldn't do that in today’s traffic!).   I well remember one such Sunday when anybody who possessed a shot-gun had been asked to bring it along, so that some training could be given in the general use of firearms.   Mr. Cullam who kept an agricultural small-holding near the foundry at Loosley Row turned up with a magnificent 12 bore and a box of no.1 buck-shot cartridges.  He was loading, with the muzzle pointing downwards in the approved manner, when suddenly, inexplicably, one barrel discharged, tearing a lump of tarmac out of the road and spraying shot in all directions.   Miraculously nobody was hurt, but a motorbike standing some 30 to 40 yards away suffered a few dents.
 '''LOOK-OUT POINTS.'''   One of the main tasks for our Home Guard platoon was keeping watch at selected look-out points during the hours of darkness.  One such point was the Windmill, another was a corrugated iron shed half sunk in the ground over on [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/The_Grubben The Grubben] (about half way along the path leading from the now [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Westlands_Road Westlands Road] towards Loosley Row) and a third was a hut on Lodge Hill near [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Saunderton_Lee Saunderton Lee].

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 '''TIME GIVEN VOLUNTARILY.'''   Morale was high at the time as the men had given their time freely.
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-'''"DAD'S ARMY".   J.T. Baker, a Loosley Row ‘exile’, writes of his days in the Home Guar'''
+"DAD'S ARMY".   J.T. Baker, a Loosley Row ‘exile’, writes of his days in the Home Guard'''
 Eighteen, just one month before war was declared, I had the doubtful distinction of being one of the youngest members of the Lacey Green and Loosley Row platoon of the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Home_Guard Home Guard].   We used to meet on Tuesday evenings, for training under the watchful eye of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Captain_Fairbrother Captain Fairbrother], retired from the army, now landlord of the Pink and Lily pub.   The platoon sergeant was [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Vic_Hussey Vic Hussey] and we must have numbered about 25 all told.   I don’t remember them all, but names come to mind:- [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Bill_Dell Bill Dell], [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Len_Oakford Len Oakford], [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Archie_Rixon Archie Rixon], Bob Eddles, Ken Eddles, Charlie Currell, George Maunders, Harold Rolfe, Mr. Cullum, Mr. Ferris, Mr. Knott, Cecil Rixon, Pat Carter, Jack ‘Sammy’ Saw, Bill Gurney, and [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Mr_Waite Mr Waite].

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	'''The names of those in the photograph were researched by [[Dennis Claydon]].'''		'''The names of those in the photograph were researched by [[Dennis Claydon]].'''

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		+	He added "The photograph was taken at Battle H.Q., Parslows Hillocks, which stood on the site of what is now the house known as "Chipko".
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		+	The "unknown" men would be from Great Hampden,
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		+	Harry Fairbrother, brother of the Officer Commanding, lived in the Channel Islands but managed to escape to England
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	'''Report by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Doug_Tilbury Doug Tilbury]'''		'''Report by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Doug_Tilbury Doug Tilbury]'''

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 And so it was that 55 men and 3 women were recruited from the villages of Lacey Green, Loosley Row, Great Hampden, Speen and Bryants Bottom to form “Bux 4”.    Other volunteers became Air Raid Wardens and Special Constables.
-'''BUX 4 OFFICERS.'''   The C.O. of Bux4 was Captain Fairbrother, landlord of the Pink and Lily , a retired army officer.  The pub itself was to become the Headquarters and Stores for Bux4.  Second Lt. Carter [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_Edward_Carter Harold Edward Carter] came from [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Grymsdyke Grymsdyke], Lt. [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Arthur_Ord_Waite Arthur Ord Waite] from [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Loosley_House Loosley House] and Lt. [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/King King] from The [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Old_House Old House].
+'''BUX 4 OFFICERS.'''   The C.O. of Bux4 was [[Captain Fairbrother]], landlord of the Pink and Lily , a retired army officer.  The pub itself was to become the Headquarters and Stores for Bux4.  Second Lt. Carter [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_Edward_Carter Harold Edward Carter] came from [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Grymsdyke Grymsdyke], Lt. [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Arthur_Ord_Waite Arthur Ord Waite] from [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Loosley_House Loosley House] and Lt. [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/King King] from The [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Old_House Old House].
 '''1st & 2nd DUTIES.'''  The order was given to this group that their first duty was to “observe and report any enemies landing by plane or parachute”.   Their second duty was “to slay the enemy before he had a chance to do any harm”.