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Watercolour of Lydiard House by Swindon-born and based artist Ken Beint as part of a thesis he undertook while studying fine art at Birmingham University in the 1950s.

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Home Guard - Lydiard Tregoze, World War II

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Twenty members of the Lydiard Tregoze Home Guard are photographed outside the school on Hook Street.

Front row

1st L: Mervin Embling

2nd L: Frank Matthews

5th L: ? Godwin

Second row

1st L: Victor Timbrel

3rd L: Dennis Archer

5th L: Jack Drury

Year:: 1940-1944

Type:: Photograph

Owner:: Private Collection

Copyright:: Friends of Lydiard Park

Last updated on:: Wednesday 16th February 2022

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