The Archive · 1940

King Reviews Essex Home Guard

London, July 21

The King, who in recent weeks had seen a great deal of the armed forces Great Britain and the Dominions in England, yesterday witnessed. for the first time a large-scale parade of the home guard.

Two thousand local defence volun teers from Essex marched past His Majesty to their headquarters. Eighty per cent. were ex-servicemen, some had "seen three campaigns, but shauller to shoulder with" them marched many youngsters aged 17.

The King commented afterwards: greement Signed Budapest, Germany end Hungary July 21. £20,000 from Zanzibar dan

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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