Home Guard Photos to Identify Part 1

There are some group photos on Merton Memories of the Mitcham Home Guard during WW2. Most of the men are not named. Individual photos are shown below. If you can identify someone, please leave a comment with the number that is shown under the photo.

 

Photo Reference Mit_War_6.4

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02 Identified as Cyril KEATING. He was born in 1900 and ran away to join the Navy in the 1914-18 war.

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19 Identified as George William CEILEY. Fought in the First World War, was prisoner of war for the last six months 1918. Awarded the silver oak leaf. His son was also in the Home Guard but volunteered for the Navy on his 18th birthday in September 1942 just before this picture was taken.

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53 Identified as Fred WILKINSON

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