Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WW2/AR/C2/49
  • Title
    Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - gas proofing of County Control Room; - communications from Ministry of Home Security regarding: further equipment for Rescue Parties; methods of providing shelter in emergency; invasion; greyhound race meetings; Air Raid Precautions Equipment Bulletin No.8; - communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: distinguishing signs to be used for air raid incidents and rendezvous; External Messenger Service; national appeal for volunteers; speech by General Sir Hugh Elles regarding invasion; equipment for purposes of recreation and physical training; removal of Air Raid Precautions direction/location signs; national air raid precautions for animals; respirators for babies and young children; disposal of unexploded bombs; refreshments for volunteer personnel; Messenger Pigeon Service; Kempston Cleansing Station; maps for mutual assistance; First Aid Party organisation in Bedford Borough; - communications from Ministry of Health regarding: provision of nurses in emergency hospitals; Government Evacuation Scheme; instructions to householders living near aerodromes; Pertenhall Sick Bay; emergency maternity home at Battlesden House; - employment of roadmen in agriculture; - public basement shelters in Dunstable; - sickness and disablement benefits for Air Raid Precautions personnel; - provision of air raid shelters in Cranfield; - employment of aliens in agriculture; - transfer of inmates from Rochford Institution [Essex] to Biggleswade and Ampthill Public Institutions [workhouses]; - communal shelters in Stanbridge Road area of Leighton Buzzard; - evacuation of children; - ambulance service in East Bedfordshire Area; - Local Volunteer Defence Corps in East Bedfordshire Area; - salary of Bedford Borough Air Raid Precautions Officer; - construction of open trenches at Cardington, Henlow, Cranfield and Leighton Buzzard. [ex W/ARPP 20]
  • Date free text
    12 Jun 1940
  • Production date
    From: 1940 To: 1940
  • Language
    English
  • Level of description
    item
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