1939 Register In the 1939 Register William Leslie Green is listed as a District Controller for a Petroleum Company and as a Disabled ex-Serviceman. William L Green Male 04 Jul 1895 Married District Operator Petroleum Company - Disabled Ex serviceman Dorothy Green Female 06 Jul 1901 Married Unpaid Domestic Duties ANS The four children, who would have ranged in age from 3 to 16, are not listed with their parents. They appear to have been evacuated 80 miles north to the very rural Stonegrave, near Helmsley, where they were living with Anthony Brydon, a farm labourer, and his wife Marjorie (née Green). Majorie was William Leslie Green’s younger sister and the children’s aunt. Although officially listed '100% disabled' he joined the National Benzole Co as a representative based in Sheffield. On the outbreak of the Second World War all major oil companies (Anglo-American Oil, National Benzole, Shell- Mex, BP, Trinidad Leasseholds) were amalgamated to form the Petroleum Board. Despite suffering continual problems from war wounds William Leslie Green raised a company of Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) subsequently embodied in the Home Guard, seen here on parade at the Lumley Street Depot of the Petroleum Board, Sheffield.