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Originally Posted by Rainbow Six
The Home Service Force (HSF) would fill the role of the Home Guard. In the event of a major War it would probably be expanded and recruitement criteria probably relaxed to include those who didn't have prior military service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Service_Force |
Here is the list of HSF Companies (and the odd platoon) I have been able to find complete with locations where I have found these. Note that the plan was for every TA Battalion or equivalent to form a HSF Coy.
HSF
E (HSF) (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron The Royal Wessex Yeomanry – Old Sarum
D (HSF) The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry - Telford
1 Company, Honourable Artillery Company – London
2 Company, Honourable Artillery Company – London
A (HSF) Battery, 103 Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (V) – Liverpool, St Helens, Widnes)
F Company, 1 52nd Lowland Volunteers – Ayr – to RAS
G Company, 1 52nd Lowland Volunteers – Dumfries – to RAS
5 Company, 2 52nd Lowland Volunteers – Edinburgh – to RAS
Z Company, 1 51st Highland Volunteers – Perth/Kirkaldy/Dundee – to RAS
Y Company, 2nd 51st Highland Volunteers – Elgin/Inverness/Stornowray/Wick/Kirkwall – to RAS
X Company, 2nd 51st Highland Volunteers – Aberdeen/Lerwick/Peterhead/Laurencekirk – to RAS
W Company, 3rd 51st Highland Volunteers – Stirling/Dumbarton/Grangemouth – to RAS
St Lucia Company, 6th Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Newcastle upon Tyne)
E (HSF) Company, 4th (V) Battalion King's Own Royal Border Regiment
E (HSF) Company, 5th/8th Battalion The Kings Regiment
H (York and Lancaster) (HSF) Company 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Volunteers – Doncaster/Rotherham/Barnsley
G (HSF) Company 4th (V) Battalion The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (1st Rifle Volunteers)- Plymouth
E (HSF) Company, 2nd The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers) – Reading/Maidenhead/Winchester/Portsmouth
E (HSF) Company, 3 (V) Battalion the Royal Regiment of Wales– Cardiff/Brecon - to Welsh government
F (Nottinghamshire HSF) Company, 3rd (V) Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment –
Worksop/Mansfield/Beeston
G (Derbyshire HSF) Company, 3rd (V) Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment – Derby/Chesterfield
E (HSF) Company, 6th (Somerset and Cornwall) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V) – Bath
F (HSF) Company, 6th (Somerset and Cornwall) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V) – Truro
E (HSF) Company, 7th (Durham) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V) – Bishop/Auckland/Hordon/Washington
348 Signal Squadron (HSF) Inns of Court and City Yeomanry (The Devils' Own)
18 Platoon, (HSF) 6 Coy, 5th (V) Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
218 (HSF) Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport (Hull)
300 (HSF) Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport (East Yorkshire)
A (HSF) Bty 103 AD Regiment, Royal Artillery (V)
5 Coy (HSF) 10th (V) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
13 Platoon, (HSF) H Coy, 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Volunteers
(HFS) 4th (V) Battalion, Royal Green Jackets
(HFS) 5th (V) Battalion, Royal Green Jackets
(HFS) 6th (V) Battalion, Royal Green Jackets
(HFS) 7th (V) Battalion, Royal Green Jackets
Edit - Ignore any references to RAS above, that's from my campaign.