Here is a photo of part of Pentlow Home Guard c 1940 Outside the Pinkuah Arms. It is a rare photo that we've only recently been fortunate to come across. The mystery is this. Who is the officer in the front row? We're stumped.
Left to right back row.
- Wilfred Braybrook who was in the West Kent Cadet force before joining Home Guard---in 1941 joined Royal Navy and escorted merchant ships on North Atlantic convoys He says only posing with Home Guard for photo.
- Arthur Self
- George Chambers who was killed in an accident while training with explosives at Gestingthorpe.
- Maurice Fitch
Front row
- Albert Plumb
- Fred Braybrook
- unknown officer
- Bill Self
- Bill Chambers