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19th Feb 2018, 8:21 pm | #1 |
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Home Guard Radio
Hi all, I'm doing some research into the radio sets that were used by the home guard during the war. Now, I know someone out there will put me on the right track, but so far I have only found evidence of the Wireless Set No. 38 Mk11 in the Home Guard but, no doubt there were others since they had to have what was available at the time. So if anyone has any information that may be of interest to me and my group (Homefires Burning Re-enactment), we would be most grateful.
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19th Feb 2018, 9:46 pm | #2 |
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Re: Home Guard Radio
I'm far from being an expert on this subject, but I don't believe home guard units were ever issued with radio equipment, as they didn't have signals training (though Auxiliary Units certainly had radios).
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19th Feb 2018, 9:55 pm | #3 |
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Re: Home Guard Radio
Wireless Set No 17 ??
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Re: Home Guard Radio
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The above from the official Workington HG record, upon which I based my website on the defence of Workington during WWII.
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19th Feb 2018, 10:38 pm | #5 |
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Re: Home Guard Radio
I stand corrected.
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19th Feb 2018, 11:09 pm | #6 | |
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19th Feb 2018, 11:14 pm | #7 | |
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The record is a compilation of heads of the different battalions and companies, and there's the odd error, especially with the roll-call of members and their companies. But perhaps back then, the radio sets may have been described differently to how they are referred to now. Your assumption sounds reasonable given some equipment was provided from Canada and the USA.
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20th Feb 2018, 7:58 am | #8 |
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Re: Home Guard Radio
There were 600 WS-C58 sets issued to the Home Guard. This is the Canadian made manpack, hence the "C". The WS-C58 and WS58 are the same set. If you google ws58 there is a lot of info & photos around the web. In October of 1944 the sets were withdrawn from service as the Guard stood down in December.
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24th Feb 2018, 8:05 pm | #9 |
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Re: Home Guard Radio
I knew I had a document somewhere regarding this subject and finally found it. The last paragraph in this memo from the War Office confirms the use of the WS58.
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