California Militia and National
Guard Unit Histories
Sonoma County California State
Militia Units, 1942-1943
Alexander
Valley
Alexander Valley Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Bennett Valley
Bennett Valley Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Bloomfield
Bloomfield Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Bodega
Bodega Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Cazadero
Cazadero Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Edgewood
Edgewood Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Forestville
Forestville Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Fulton
Fulton Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265. Fulton is now a part of the City of Santa Rosa.
Geyserville
Geyserville Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Green Valley
Green Valley Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Guerneville
Guerneville Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Healdsburg
and Windsor
Healdsburg-Windsor
Rifles: Licensed 21 December 1942. The Healdsburg-Windsor
Rifles and West Side Rangers were by consolidated by Special
Order 182 to form Company A, 1st Battalion, 33rd Regiment, California
State Guard effective 1 July 1943. License revoked 1 October
1943 by Special Order 265.
Kenwood
Kenwood Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Mark West
Springs
Mark West Springs Rifles:
Licensed 21 December 1942. License
revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order 265.
Olivet
Olivet Rifles: Licensed 21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October
1943 by Special Order 265.
Petaluma
Petaluma Rifles: Licensed 26 October 1942. License revoked 1 October
1943 by Special Order 265.
Pocket Canyon
Pocket Canyon Rifles:
Licensed 21 December 1942. License
revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order 265.
Two Rock
Two Rock Rifles: Licensed 21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October
1943 by Special Order 265.
Unspecified
Community
Freeburn Sharpshooters: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Hall Rifles: Licensed
21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order
265.
Upper Dry Creek Rifles:
Licensed 21 December 1942. License
revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order 265.
Wilson-San Antonio
Rifles: Licensed 21 December 1942. License revoked 1 October
1943 by Special Order 265.
Valley Ford
Valley Ford Rifles:
Licensed 21 December 1942. License
revoked 1 October 1943 by Special Order 265.
White "O"
Ranch
West Side Rangers:
The Healdsburg-Windsor Rifles and
West Side Rangers were by consolidated by Special Order 182 to
form Company A, 1st Battalion, 33rd Regiment, California State
Guard effective 1 July 1943. License revoked 1 October 1943 by
Special Order 265.
Windsor
Windsor Rifles: No
other information available at this time.