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| Armed police alerted over Chester WW2 re-enactors | |
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| Armed police were called to reports of two men carrying machine guns - only to discover they were World War Two battle re-enactors. | |
| Officers were deployed in Chester on Monday amid concerns about the men, who were dressed in combat clothing. | Officers were deployed in Chester on Monday amid concerns about the men, who were dressed in combat clothing. |
| However, they turned out to be a pair of war history enthusiasts, Cheshire Police said. | |
| Their weapons, which included several American guns commonly used in the conflict, were deactivated. | |
| Ruth Jones, a fund-raiser at the Royal British Legion, said the men had been invited to a "living history" event later this month. | |
| They were initially thought to have been masquerading as Home Guard volunteers. | |
| The Home Guard was a reserve force of volunteers made up of people who were too old or otherwise ineligible to join the armed forces. | |
| They were famously portrayed in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran from 1968 to 1977. | They were famously portrayed in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran from 1968 to 1977. |