HOME GUARD RANKS
Command Status In Britain The British War Office announced recently that the Home Guard command ranks will be as follows: Area Commander — Brigadier Zone Commander — Colonel Group Commander — Colonel Battalion Commander — Lt.-Colonel Company Commander — Major Platoon Commander — Lieutenant Officers will be appointed to commissions in the Home Guard inthe rank appropriate to the appointments for which they are selected, and any other form of commission held by officers so appointed will be regarded as being held in abeyance so long as they retain their commissions in the Home Guard. The age limit is sixty-five, but the Selection Boards, may, in exceptional | cases, recommend the appointment of an officer over that age to be a Battalion Commander or above. The selection of commissioned officers in the Home Guard will be based solely on ability and proficiency and only men already in the Home Guard will receive commissions. Previous Army rank will not count. If a colonel is commissioned as a subaltern in the Home Guard he will wear a subaltern’s badge. In place of the Home Guard armlet, shoulder flashes will be worn bearing the words "Home Guard," similar to those worn by the Guards’ regiments. Weapons are distributed on the basis of the part that the Home Guard are expected to play. Automatic weapons have been distributed in the greatest numbers to the places where the defence needs are greatest.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 95, 18 April 1941, Page 3
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233HOME GUARD RANKS New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 95, 18 April 1941, Page 3
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