K. Company (Knightwick) of the 7th Worcestershire (Malvern) Battalion Home Guard with Company Commander Dr. R. H. Clarke seated in the centre of the third row. The photograph was taken in the Grounds of Woodford House where Roger Clarke lived and had his doctors surgery. The River Teme is behind the photographer and passes by the grounds of the Knightwick Mill to the right of photo and on down stream to Knightsford Bridge and the village where my parents lived at the Post office. My father Ted Holland is second in from the left on the first row and his next door neighbor Ted Morris (with glasses) is sat behind him. Woodford House was the headquarters for K. Company and Dr Clarke their Company Commander had previously served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

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