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This story was submitted by Alan Welsh, a Radio Cumbria volunteer, on behalf of Alex McKenzie and has been added to the site with his permission.

During the war, Alex was a schoolboy living in Barrow-in-Furness. He recalls seeing many mock “battles” around the town where the ��ѿ��ý Guard would attempt to defend the docks and important buildings from an “attack” by troops based at nearby Dalton.

Alex often saw columns of ��ѿ��ý Guard marching round the town, but the strangest sights during the mock “battles” were the ��ѿ��ý Guard standing around with signs round their neck saying, “we are dead”, “we are captured”, etc.

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