On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:38:27 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > My Dad was too young for WWI and too old for WWII. > > Dad's Army: Edward signed up to serve in the (LDV) Local Defence > Volunteers, which was formed 14 May 1940 & later known as the (HG)Home > Guard. By June 1940 over a million men were enrolled. Edna, perhaps your grandfather and mine had a Home Guard manual such as this: The Home Guard Manual Edited by Campbell McCutcheon and published by Amberley Publishing ISBN 9781445600475 Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com