Richmond’s Dad’s Army Some 800 local men responded to the radio appeal of 14 May 1940 for men to enlist as Local Defence Volunteers. Most were veterans of the First World War, and even...
The area now known as Richmond (or Richmond upon Thames) was, until about five centuries ago, part of Sheen. The Domesday Book of 1086 has it listed on the map as Sceon, which is...