While we have a photo and several names for the mmembers of the Thelbridge and Worlington Home Guard platoon there are still some unidentified men, 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.
The Thelbridge and Worlington Home guard are shown below in a platoon photograph probably in 1943.
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) |
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.