Just a few books that look interesting. The second in the list seems to be equating the 'Socialistic' Home Guard of WWII with the Local Militias that the UK raised from time to time - but these were not 'Socialist' in anyway and were dependent upon status and income. As only the socially trusted and prominent could serve - providing they could afford their own uniform, weapon and ammunition - and were wealthy enough to have 'leisure' time to drill! Some UK authors are adopting the anti-intellectual language of the US - referring to the time-span 1945-1991 as being the 'Cold War'. Up until Thatcher abolished 'Free' and 'Universal' Education in the UK (and began the privatisation of the NHS and dismantling of the Welfare System and Social Housing) - the UK had far more in common with the USSR than America - but what we are seeing is the attempted re-writing of history and the establishment of a preferred narrative. The philosophy underpinning the British Home Guard of WWII grew-out of the Soviet-backed International Brigades (comprised of volunteer workers - male and female - from around the world) that fought the Hitler-backed (Catholic) General Franco during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)! My suspicion is that Duddington might well have been in the 2nd (Soke) Peterborough Battalion on the Northants Home Guard between 1940-1942 - but was then transferred to the Huntingdonshire Home Guard (keeping its designation) between 1942-1944. This is premised upon data gleamed from the Northants Home Guard book you forwarded - but the even then the author states that this Unit was still considered part of Northants Home Guard even though it was officially associated with Huntingdonshire!
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Dear Hunts Archive I am researching whether the village of 'Duddington' - listed as now being in 'Northants' - possessed a 'Home Guard' Unit between 1940-1944. Although nearby King's Cliffe possessed such a Unit in the Northants Home Guard - I have reason to believe that 'Duddington' may have been included in the '2nd (Peterborough District) Battalion' which existed in the 'Northants Home Guard' between 1940-1942 - before being transferred to the Huntingdonshire Home Guard - within which it served between 1942-1944. The '2nd (Peterborough District) Battalion' (also known as the '2nd Soke of Peterborough Battalion') possessed '4' Companies designated 'A'-'D' - and patrolled an eighty square mile area. Interestingly, it was the '2nd (Peterborough District) Battalion' Home Guard Unit which was responsible for guarding the RAF King's Cliffe Aerodrome - and not the nearby King's Cliffe Home Guard Unit. Today, all postal addresses in Duddington possess a 'Peterborough' (PE) Postcode, etc. Thank you for your time in this matter.
Yours Sincerely Adrian Chan-Wyles The Viking ‘Wyles’ ('Jarls') Surname Entered Duddington During the Times of ‘Danelaw’ (c. 874 CE)11/20/2021 The ‘Duddington Hoard’ was discovered in Duddington during 1994, and consists of thirty-seven (37) silver coins (’pennies’) of Anglo-Saxon production. Marion MacCallum Archibald (1935-2016) - of the British Museum - was responsible for taking delivery of these coins, and providing an authoritative academic report regarding the provenance of these coins. Indeed, in her report dated May 25th, 1995, Marion M Archibald states (in-part) the following information:
‘The coins are silver pennies, some very base, of Burgred, King of Mercia 852-874, and of his brothers-in-law the Kings of Wessex, Athelred I, 865/6-871, and Alfred the Great, 871-899. All are of the Lunette type (so named from the moon-shaped panels on the reverse) produced as a unified type for the Mercian and West Saxon Kingdoms, and dating from the period of the late 860s and earlier 870s. The coins are listed in the schedule. The latest coins were probably issued c. 874/5. The coins of the West Saxon Kings circulated freely in the territories of the Mercian King and vice-versa at this time, with hoards usually containing a mixture of their coins as here. The Vikings raided extensively over England in the early 870s and in 874 Burgred fled into exile, leaving the Vikings in control of the east Midlands and the eastern counties. It is to this critical period that the Duddington hoard, as of several others, belongs.’ Up until 874 CE, it seems that the Anglo-Saxon village of ‘Duddington’ was part of the Anglo-Saxon ‘country’ of East Mercia falling under the rule of King Burgred (852-888 CE). Duddington – the ‘clearing in the Forest Founded by Dudd’ - was founded at some point between the 6th and 9th centuries CE according to Anglo-Saxon archaeological finds discovered throughout the area. Further evidence suggests that with the Viking Great Army successfully entered the ‘Cambridge’ area during the Winter of 1874, causing the Anglo-Saxon inhabitants of ‘Duddington’ to bury their wealth and flee the area! Obviously, their intention was to return to gather their wealth at a later date, but events turned-out otherwise (as the Vikings occupied the area for hundreds of years). Whilst the Vikings did not intensively settle the entirety of the large area of North and Eastern England they had conquered (known as ‘Danelaw’) – the Vikings did extensively settle the five towns of Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham and Stamford (with Duddington situated just 5 miles Soutwest of Stamford) - collectively known as the ‘Five Boroughs’. The ‘Danelaw’ existed in the North and Eastern England between 865-954 CE – and signifies that ‘Danish Law’ is applied to the local population through the Law Courts. As a legal system, it was separate and distinct from the ‘Christianised’ legal systems in use throughout the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic areas of Britain. I am of the opinion that the ‘Wyles’ surname entered the Duddington area with the conquering Viking Great Army during late 874 CE. References: https://wylesfamilyofduddington.weebly.com/duddington-hoard-1994.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Archibald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylloge_of_Coins_of_the_British_Isles https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Five-Boroughs-Of-Danelaw/ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England#/English_unification_.2810th_century.29 https://vikinghistorytales.blogspot.com/2013/11/874-great-danish-army-split-up.html |
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