The Thelbridge and Worlington Home guard are shown below in a platoon photograph.
The men shown above are:
| Back Row | Bert Vickery, Stanley Hayes, unknown, Bill Chapple, Brian Macdonald (Blondie), unknown, Eli Burrow, Bill Way, unknown, Bill Smith, Dick Stoneman |
| 2ndRow | Charlie Hammett, Ned Way, unknown, John Southwood, Fred Butt, Dick Cox, Percy Webber, Henry Burrow, Fred Jones, George Crook, Ron Badcock |
| 3rd row | Garfield Cole, Terry Southwood, Percy Brewer, Colonel Phillips, Dick Cox II, Bob Parkhouse, Lesley Gillbard, Mont Radford |
| Front row | unknown, Frank Lee, Reg Gillbard, Frank Gibbs, Dick Greenslade, Dennis Jones, Bert Wills (not sure) |
If you can supply names for the unknown people, or have any information or pictures of the home guard please use our History Group Contact form or email history@ewph.uk to get in touch with us.
Between 1941 and 1943 the Home Guard hired the The Parish Hall, and accounts show the following entries with the hire charge.
| Date | Charge | 2025 equivalent adjusted for inflation |
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10 January 1941 |
£0.5s.0d | £16.13p | |||
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09 July 1941 |
£0.16s.0d | £51.62p | |||
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29 October 1942 |
£2.12s.0d | £167.75p | |||
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08 December 1942 |
£0.10s.0d | £32.26p | |||
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31 March 1943 |
£1.5s.0d | £80.65p | |||
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15 November 1943 |
£0.10s.0d | £32.26p |
The total income of £5.18.0d in 1941/43 was roughly the cost of a skilled workman for 4 days: you’d probably pay between £400-£800 for 4 days skilled work in 2025.