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SBYRW : 47208

8th Bn, Wiltshire Home Guard - A black and white group photograph of the officers of the battalion taken shortly after formation in 1940. (With overlay indicating the officers names and location in the photo) (Rear row standing L to R) Lieutenant F.J. Moore (Bn HQ), Cataian W. T. Goodwin ('C' Coy), Lieutenant Goodfellow ('A' Coy), Lieutenant T.H. Locker ('C' Coy), Lieutenant S.C. Ingram ('C' Coy), Lieutenant Stock, ('A' Coy), Lieutenant L.A. Sly, ('C' Coy), Major Pomeroy (Post Office), Lieutenant R.J.C. Mansell (Bn HQ), Lieutenant Bevis ('B' Coy), Lieutenant J. Hart, ('B' Coy), Lieutenant Darvill, ('B' Coy), Captain McWilliam, ('A' Coy), Lieutenant Lywood, (Bn HQ), Lieutenant Smith, ('A' Coy), Lieutenant H.G. Sainsbury (Bn HQ), Lieutenant W. Foster ('C' Coy), Lieutenant Deacon, (Electric Light Company Platoon), Lieutenant Belbin, )('A' Coy), Lieutenant Nicholls, ('A' Coy). (Sat L to R) Major G .S. Fawcett ('A' Coy), Major C.B. Gibbs, ('C' Coy, Captain W.H.R. Blacking (Adjutant), Lieutenant Colonel Freeth (CO), Major Sir H. de C. Martelli, (Second in Command), Major F.W. Van der Kiste (HQ Coy), Lieutenant H.C. Egerton, (R.A.F.O./S Det), Lieutenant F. Crabbe (Wilts and Dorset Platoon), Major S. Collett ('B' Coy). [ Lieutenant Foster subsequently transferred to the 7th Battalion taking command of the Whaddon platoon. At practice of throwing live Mills Grenades an accident occurred when he sacrificed his life, to save those of other present, and he was posthumously awarded the George Cross]

Persons(s): Sly, L A, Major; Freeth, Lieutenant Colonel; Martelli, H D C, Major; Blacking, W H R, Captain; Gibbs, C B, Major; Fawcett, G S, Major; Kiste, F W V, Major; Egerton, H C, Lieutenant; Crabbe, F, Lieutenant; Collett, S, Major; Moore, F J, Lieutenant; Goodwin, W T, Captain; Goodfellow, Lieutenant; Lockyear, T H, Lieutenant; Ingram, S C, Lieutenant; Stock, Lieutenant; Sly, L A, Lieutenant; Pomeroy, Major; Maunsell, R J C, Lieutenant; Bevis, Lieutenant; Hart, J, Lieutenant; Darvill, Lieutenant; McWilliam, Captain; Lywood, Lieutenant; Smith, Lieutenant; Sainsbury, H G, Lieutenant; Foster, W, Lieutenant; Deacon, Lieutenant; Belbin, Lieutenant; Nicholls, Lieutenant

Wiltshire Home Guard, 8th Bn