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Home Guard Re-enactment
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A Home Guard re enactment which took place at the Stag Inn earlier this year.
The B Company of the 58th West Riding (Rotherham) Borough Home Guard had a base at the rear of the Stag Inn during the Second World War. The group was commanded by Lieut Colonel W G Denham.
The upper part of the building was the Guard house and the lower part housed a Browning Water-Cooled machine gun. The Rifle range was situated adjacent, where the shops now are, at the bottom of Brecklands.
Image 14: This is where the guard stood outside what was then the quartermasters. Image 20: Original steps leading up to the entrance where they met and sometimes slept during night duty
June, 2009
Officers of 58th West Riding (Rotherham) Battalion,1941
This is a list of officers in the 58th West Riding (Rotherham) Battalion in 1941. It is not a comprehensive list of all the officers who served, nor does it reflect promotions or transfers for the period 1940 -1944.
- Commanding Officer: Lt.-Col Denham W.G. D.C.M.
- Majors: Dickinson J.H., Ball R., Michael A., Spearing G.T., Longstaff J.
- Captains: Milnes C., Birkett D.L, Perkins H.C., Silvester L. D.C.M.
- Lieutenants: Slack T.R., Williamson W., Taylor C.A, Goodall W., Norburn F., Tooms D.E., Aubrey R.G., Ball H., Ash F.S., Beard H.H., Bristowe S., Dean H.J., Allott T.B, Marsh C.R., Carr C.W., Meakin A., Lewis A.B., Johnson J., Atkinson G., Rising P.H., Stonehouse D. M.C., Dean J. ,
- 2nd Lieutenants: Maxwell N., Harvey F., Todd H. , Varey R.H, Sellars F., Bingham F., Summersgill H. , Blake A.C.L., Parkin O., Toone A.R., Leach C., O’Mara J., Chapman G.W., Varley A.E., Brown W., Copley W., Buckland F., Coates A., Owen W.J.,
- Medical Officer: Major Agnew F. M.B.
If you have any information, memorabilia especially photographs of the Stag Inn taken during the war, or of any aspect of the Rotherham Home Guard. Please contact Ian.
Thurcroft Home Guard
The Home Guard at Wickersley
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