We left the Scout hut shortly after dark,
to ambush regulars acting as invaders.
Later, there was to be a demonstration
of the use of a primitive stun grenade,
designed dramatically to improve morale
in the under-gunned Home Guard.
A Dunkirk veteran CSM from Caterham
had been driven down in a staff car to show us
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