The Redline Home Guard
The Redline Home Guard LHG represent the 1st Berkshire (Abingdon) and 5th Oxfordshire (Henley) Battalions of the Home Guard that defended Stop Line Red along the county border.
Our Mission and Values
The Redline Home Guard is historical reenactment group dedicated to showcasing the important role of the British Home Guard during World War 2. We 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.
Our members come together with all the duty, comradeship, humour and sense of adventure of the original Volunteers. We meet twice a month at variety of locations within the area (wherever possible using sites with history to the period) and undertake the same training and duties of the Home Guard. We actively have open days along the GHQ Stop Line and visit and display at many of the pillboxes that form the Red Stop Line along the River Thames footpath between Abingdon and Pangbourne.
We attend local shows and railway events around their old patch, and where possible we try to recreate aspects of the Battalions with uniforms, kit, and weapons of the day. It has been our privilege to have met some surviving members of the Home Guard and hear their many stories of their unique experience of that time in our history.
Join us
Join Our Home Guard Unit
Immerse yourself in the history of the Home Guard and contribute to our mission by volunteering with us.
Re-enactments & Events
Educational Outreach
Scenario Training
Historical Research
Volunteers
10
History
since 2024
Events
20+ annually
LOCATION
Berkshire & Oxfordshire
Meet Our Committee
Our dedicated team of committee members come from diverse backgrounds and share a passion for history and reenactment.
2/Lt P. Chambers
Officer
Sgt. M. Quigley
Chairman
Cpl. A. Tierney
Secretary
Pte. M. Gleave
Treasurer
Join the Redline
Home Guard
Are you interested in British Home Guard history and preserving it for future generations? Contact us now to become a member of the Redline Home Guard and be a part of our mission.