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Clive and Theo age, while Kerr morphs herself and Edith into Barbara Wynne--a Red Cross nurse, whom Clive meets during WWI and marries--and Angela "Johnny" Cannon--a model turned home-guard military driver during WWII.
Penelope Andrew: Powell/Pressburger 1943 Classic Conjures Deborah Kerr's Early Artistry and Winston Churchill's Wrath Penelope Andrew 2011
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Clive and Theo age, while Kerr morphs herself and Edith into Barbara Wynne--a Red Cross nurse, whom Clive meets during WWI and marries--and Angela "Johnny" Cannon--a model turned home-guard military driver during WWII.
Penelope Andrew: Powell/Pressburger 1943 Classic Conjures Deborah Kerr's Early Artistry and Winston Churchill's Wrath Penelope Andrew 2011
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He asserted that he developed and brought the ETV to its present position with the support and cooperation of his home-guard turned movie artiste Prabhakar.
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The pre-democracy defence force has been criticised over the past two years for arming white farmers in right-wing areas with sophisticated automatic rifles if they joined home-guard units.
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The pre-democracy defence force has been criticised over the past two years for arming white farmers in right-wing areas with sophisticated automatic rifles if they joined home-guard units.
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He must also avoid being hanged as a Yankee dog by some home-guard Confederate soldiers.
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Mother and aunt were very timid, and the children weren't old enough to be of any use, so Jack and I were the home-guard, and vowed to defend the family manfully.
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The peaceful Markerstown, being exempt by reason of physical disqualifications, tarried behind as home-guard substitute for her warlike sister.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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The "home-guard," who were doing their best to keep watch and ward over helpless women and children, were only boys, full of ardor and courage, but too young to join the army, or men who from age or disability were also ineligible.
Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers
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'That lame Prouty boy' was the gamest fellow in the command and it nearly broke his heart when we marched away in earnest in sixty-one, and left him behind -- the leader of the home-guard.
The Statesmen Snowbound Robert Fitzgerald
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