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Originally Posted by RSwank
Some info here:
https://michellecooper-writer.com/bl...he-home-guard/
“. . . on the night of 2/3 June 1940, LDVs shot and killed four motorists at separate locations; on 22nd June it was reported that two motorcyclists and their passengers had been killed and wounded in the north of England and in Scotland; on 26 June an ARP [Air Raid Precautions] warden was shot dead when he ignored (or maybe didn’t hear) an LDV challenge; and in Romford in Essex a car exhaust backfiring prevented the driver hearing the command to stop: four passengers were shot dead and a fifth seriously wounded.”1 |
Sad stories. Remind me of the "fifth column" in France in May-June 1940, no one will ever know how much people were killed as "nazi spies".
From a quick check, the civilians killed by the Home Guard are apparently not commemorated by the CWGC.