WW2/AR/C2/162

Agenda papers including, amongst other things - details of air raid by one aircraft on Bedford, 23 Jul 1942, bombs falling on Cattle Dock Road, Ford End Bridge, Grafton Assembly Rooms, Grosvenor Hotel (Ashburnham Road) - 14 casualties (no deaths); - proposed storage of Home Guard ammunition in Shire Hall basement; - invasion exercise in Bedford; - Air Raid Precautions Training Bulletin No.8; - reports regarding and communications with Parish Invasion Committee; - staff at Battlesden House Emergency Maternity Home; - removal of emergency patients from Bromham House Colony; - Wardens' Post, First Aid Party Depot and First Aid Point at 6 High Street, Shefford; - accommodation for refugees from air attack. [ex W/ARPP 49]

29 Jul 1942

From: 1942 To: 1942

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Air Raid Precautions, Home Guard, air raids over UK, First Aid, refugees, invasion committees, BEDFORD, SHEFFORD, Bedford Cattle Dock Road, Bedford Ashburnham Road, Bedford Grosvenor Hotel, Bedford Shire Hall, Shefford High Street, Battlesden House, Bromham House