The home guard (initially local defence volunteers or ldv) was an armed citizen militia supporting the british army during the second world war.operational from 1940 to 1944, the home guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old to join the regular armed services (regular military service was restricted to those.
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