Home Guard

Captain Harker was a regular soldier billeted at Chippenham Hill House.

Parades were carried out every Sunday morning in Moulton Hall Paddock.

Members were assigned to guard various parts of the village at night and also to act as lookouts for enemy landings from the various hills surrounding the village. Primrose Hill was attacked by anti-personnel bombs on one occasion. Their arms at the beginning of the war were shotguns with a handful of cartridges. Uniforms were also in short supply. In the latter years of the war P.O.W's would be used as message carriers between the detachments' of Home Guard.

Captain Harker (In overall command)

 

 

 

 

Philip Rice (Officer in charge)

 

 

 

 

Edward Plume (Sergeant)

 

 

 

 

Cecil Hammond

Fred Talbot

Jack Scrivener

Charles Tate

Alfred Plummer

Ernie Johnson

Jim Metcalf

Barry Mason

Peter Norris

Cecil Norris

Charlie Devonish

Stan Kidd

Gilbert Vincent

Lewis Goodchild

Ted Partridge

George Prigg

Fred Mowl

Sid Wake

 

 

Home Guard, Warren Hill Detachment

The primary job of the Warren Hill Detachment was to keep watch on the heath.

Sam Darling (Sergeant in Charge)

Edward Saltmarsh (Corporal)

Harold Bond

Adamson (Senior)

Adamson (Junior)

The Warren Hill Home Guard & the Police Inspector

As part of a major exercise, The Moulton Home Guard (Warren Hill Detachment), set up a check point on the Newmarket to Moulton Road. Civilians would have to have their paperwork in order, all military and police personnel would have to produce identification and give a password. The police inspector in charge of Newmarket was duly stopped and being unable to give the correct password was briefly detained. As everybody knew him, he was informed of the correct password and allowed on his way.

Home Guard & Pheasants

In the early days of the war arms for the Home Guard were in short supply. Rifles were substituted by shotguns and as shotgun cartridges were in short supply, local land owners were encouraged to donate cartridges to the Home Guard. Major Durham Matthews of Lanwades Park, after a donation, claimed that his donation was being used to kill his pheasants.

Road Blocks

Large trees that were fixed to a pivot, thus being able to be swung across the road, were positioned on the Dalham road and beside the Boy's Grave.