Home Guard Loophole - Newton Blossomville, UK
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Dragontree
N 52° 09.210 W 000° 38.963
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This specially conserved hole in the wall was used during WWII for the Home Guard troops and can be viewed from the pedestrian pavement in Newton Blossomville, Buckinghamshire.
Waymark Code: WM2YHE
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/11/2008
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The loophole has a plaque which reads: 'This loophole was constructed in 1940 for use by members of the Home Guard in case of invasion by Hitler's armies. 8th May 1995.'
The Home Guard was the British volunteer defence force made up of mostly young and elderly men who were not able to be members of the armed forces, through age or infirmity. They were given basic training and were usually commanded by retired members of the armed forces. There is a website dedicated to the Home Guard here.
This loophole was a position where the Home Guard could observe enemy forces coming from the south.
Newton Blossomville is a small village on the edge of the Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire border. It lies 3 miles west of Turvey and is accessed via some narrow country lanes from west, east and south. This link gives a lot of information on the village.