Home Guard Instruction No. 51 – Battlecraft and Battle Drill for the Home Guard. Part III – Patrolling

This manual in the series covers the patrol, up to platoon size, that the Home Guard would be expected to mount as part of their duties. The were reconnoitring, fighting and standing patrols and the manual includes what equipment to carry and fighting against airborne troops (parachutists), in built up areas, and what the different roles in the patrol had to do.