THE REDLINE HOME GUARD

LIVING HISTORY GROUP

THE REDLINE HOME GUARD.

Representing the 1st Berkshire (Abingdon) and 5th Oxfordshire (Henley) Battalions of the Home Guard that defended Stop Line Red.

Our aim is to pay tribute to our brave local Berkshire and Oxfordshire men, who volunteered to defend our homes, factories, infrastructure and countryside from the threat of the expected German invasion in 1940.

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Unexploded Bombs and Wartime Bomb Disposal Training

Redline Home Guard recently returned to the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway for another enjoyable training[…]

Redline Returns to Didcot Railway Centre for the 1940s Weekend

Over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend, Redline Home Guard once again mobilised to help[…]

Home Guard Radio and Signalling Training Evening

This week, Redline Home Guard travelled to a new training location at Sparsholt, near Wantage,[…]