I obtained this photograph from Ian Armstrong. He received it from his father Jim Armstrong and mother Renee who left the village in 1953 to live in Stafford and then in 1969 they moved to Rugby where they currently live.

The photograph shows Wheatley Hill Home Guard in 1945 when it was 'stood down' at the end of the war. Jim is shown on the extreme right of the second row from the front.

Wheatley Hill Home Guard 1945

 Taken in the garden of the house of the manager of Wheatley Hill Colliery on the standing-down of the battalion.

 From left to right

 Front row

Capt. W. Spoors, Capt. J. Morris, Capt. H.H. Tinkler, Capt. W. Nixon,

Major G.B. Atkinson, Major G. Walker ,Major J. Gibson, Capt. S.T. McCabe,

Major T.A. Saint, Lt.Col. J.A. Simpson(1), Capt. C. Reed, Major W.L. Liddell,

Major W.H. Cockburn, Capt. P.J. Trenholme, Capt. W. Flower,

Capt. W.T. Clark, Capt. W.H. Barrass, Lt. J.R. Dixon, 2/Lt N. Garswood

 Second row

Lt. E.W. Minto, 2/Lt. P. Leyland, Lt. W. Kindleysides, Lt. R.C. Atkinson,

2/Lt. C. Newsom, Lt. B.T. Greer, Lt. G. Stainthorpe, Lt. A. Lonie, Lt. H. Orton,

Lt. W.C. Blackburn, Capt. W.A.D. Oliver, Capt. A.P. Grey(2), Lt. A. Welsh,

Lt. J.T. Oswald, 2/Lt. T.W. Newcomb, Lt. M. Lilley, Lt. N. Graham,

Lt. F. McCarroll, Lt. H.A. Cleary, Lt. G. Stubbs, Lt J. English(3), 2/Lt. J. Armstrong(4)

 Between Second and Third rows

Capt. A.T. Harrison, Lt. F. Simpson(5), Lt. J.H. Lewis, Lt. O.S. Williams,

Lt. E.D. Lofthouse, Lt. S.C. Whitehead, 2/Lt. J.E. Wills, Lt. J.H. Hays

 Third Row

Lt. S. Woodward(6), 2/Lt. J.R.L. Mackey, Lt. W.R. Johnson, 2/Lt. P.B. Judd,

Lt. S. Potts, Lt. J. Palmer, Lt. G. Wilson, Lt. W. Riddle, Lt. T.S. Hope,

Lt. D. McBriar(7), Lt. T.S. Fisk, Lt. T.T. Johnson, Lt. T.L. Adair, Lt. N.E.  Young,

Lt. F. Hill, Lt. T. Alderson, Lt. D.W. Skeldon

 Rear row

2/Lt. H.C. Northcote, 2/Lt. H.R.W. Robinson, Lt. W.H. Straughan,

Lt. A.S. Johnson, Lt. D.A. Parkinson, Lt. J. Johnson

 Notes

(1)   Commanding Officer, Manager Wheatley Hill Colliery

(2)   Medical Officer, Doctor Wheatley Hill

(3)   Assistant Foreman Electrician Wheatley Hill Colliery

(4)   Electrician Wheatley Hill Colliery

(5)   Assistant Manager Wheatley Hill Colliery

(6)   Garage Manager Sherburn Hill Cooperative Society Wheatley Hill

(7) Foreman Electrician Easington R.D.C.

If anyone has further information on this picture please contact me at cooky08054@comcast.net or any of the members of the History Club at wheathistory@onet.co.uk