WW2/AR/C2/223

Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - dismantling of air raid shelter in basement of 13/15 The Broadway, Bedford; - correspondence with Ministry of Home Security regarding: detection and disposal of phosphorus; basic and operational training of Rescue Service; Civil Defence Training Manual No.4 - Incident Control; Fire Guard (Business and Government Premises) Order 1943; assistance by Civil Defence personnel to Post Office during Christmas; incidents occurring in rural areas in the absence of air raid warnings; German jet-propelled radio-controlled high explosive glider bomb; Wardens' Post at rear of W.H.Smith & Son's premises, High Street, Leighton Buzzard; Wardens' Post at Methodist Chapel School, Oakley; - relaxation of banning of knitting of pullovers and cardigans in red and gold double knitting wool by Civil Defence or National Fire Service personnel; - appointment of E.R.T.Stanford as Fire Force Commander No.12 Area (including Bedfordshire, later Bedfordshire Fire Service Chief Fire Officer); - reports regarding Parish Invasion Committees; - relinquishment of Wardens' Post at Constitutional Club, Kempston. [ex W/ARPP 63]

19 Jan 1944

From: 1944 To: 1944

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Stanford, E.T.R.,
Smith, W.H. & Sons

Ministry of Home Security, air raid shelters, civil defence, Fire Guards, W.H. & Son Smith, invasion committees, BEDFORD, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, OAKLEY, BEDFORDSHIRE, Bedford The Broadway, Leighton Buzzard High Street