History of the Edinburgh Home Guard

“My father, Thomas Somerville, from Wester Hailes, was in the Home Guard in the Second World War,” writes Christine Powell, from Livingston. “Can anyone supply me with a history of the Edinburgh Home Guard, or point me in the right direction, so I can access any records?”

By The Newsroom

Published 5th May 2012, 15:05 BST

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