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Hindley Home Guard was The Loyal Regiment. The T.A. that where there before them was the 5th Battalion Loyal Regt.The Army Cadets in Hindley was the Loyal's also, I was one of them for 4 years and then called up into the Loyal's for 2.5 years

Hi,
have to agree with Eric, the home guard attached to Hindley were the 24th Lancashire batt, which wore the cap badge of the Loyal regiment. The 5th battalion Loyal reg (TA) was stationed in Park Road Hindley and at the outbreat of the war was a machine gun battlion attached to the 18th diviiosn in 42 it was changed to the 18th Recconnance corps and was captured at the fall of Singapore in 1942. My uncle was a member of the 18th Reccy (5th batt Loyal rgt) and underwent all the changes mentioned above, he was captured and spent almost 4 years in a POW camp.

Hi Mark, Only just seen your comment from July. I keep trying to contact anyone from the Loyals in Hindley but without success. I was in the Army Cadets, Loyals, for 4 years and then in the Loyals proper for 2&1/2 years. there must have been hundreds of Hindley lads in the Loyals from about 1908 when the Drill Hall was built in either the Territorials, The Regular Army, the Home Guard and the Cadets, but no one seems interested in it's history in Hindley. Like to hear more about your relative. E.T.

Sorry Mark, I should have said January, not June. E.T.

eric wondered if you rememberd my dad from the drill hall early 40,s he won the rose bowl there for rifle shooting fred paxford sadly he died some years ago regards

My hubbys dad, we have a photo of him in the home guard but not sure which one, it has no 5 Platoon "C" Coy July 1940.
He lived in Ince Anybody any ideas. It is a great photo

Vivian halsall.read your reply was it to do with my letter above yours

Vivian Halsall are you able to put the photo on here