Home Guard Manual of Camouflage

Roland Penrose

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Miscellaneous
01 November 2025

History; Defence strategy, planning & research

In 1941, Roland Penrose became a game changer when The War Office published this Home Guard Manual. Penrose shows how to accomplish seemingly impossible visual deceptions: While Penrose, a keen naturalist, drew on influences in the natural world, his Surrealist passion for mimicry is apparent throughout the book. Patterns, textures, shading: all these artistic devices now took on serious military currency.

AUTHOR: Sir Roland Penrose CBE (14 October 1900 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the key Surrealists in Europe. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage. He was Lecturer to the War Office School for Instructors to the Home Guard and also a Lecturer at the Osterley Park School for Training of the Home Guard.

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A facsimile of the practical manual, discussing the necessity for camouflage .

Originally published in 1941 and ""Officially approved by the War Office""

46 b/w illustrations

By: Roland Penrose
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Facsimile edition
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 132mm,
Weight: 214g
ISBN: 9780953238972
ISBN 10: 0953238970
Pages: 102
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

The Necessity for Camouflage Chief Problems of the Home Guard Nature as a Guide Application of Lessons learned from nature Siting and camouflage discipline Dummies and Decoys Fixed Positions Materials and Equipment Individual camouflage

Sir Roland Penrose CBE (14 October 1900 – 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the key Surrealists in Europe. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage. He was Lecturer to the War Office School for Instructors to the Home Guard and also a Lecturer at the Osterley Park School for Training of the Home Guard.