WW2/AR/C2/61

Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - communications from Ministry of Home Security regarding: licences for drivers of Civil Defence vehicles; Air Raid Precautions Training Bulletin No.2; camouflage of white buildings in Biggleswade Rural District Council area; - communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: loss of wages of part time volunteers due to Civil Defence activities; lights on Civil Defence vehicles during purple warnings; control of maps; disposal of unexploded bombs; stories of gallant conduct; appointment of additional County Deputy Air Raid Precautions Controller; - communications from Ministry of Health regarding: Air Raid Precautions in residential institutions; war damage to property of Local Authorities and Public Utilities; shortage of beds in North Bedfordshire; purchase of thermoturns for Mobile Units; purchase of additional ambulances; - provision of air raid shelters at Kempston Children's Home; - running costs of St.Mary's Emergency Maternity Hospital, Bedford; - expenditure regarding Civil Nursing Reserve; - perceived dismissal of a teacher by Local Authority due to his stance as a conscientious objector [see also WW2 AR C 2/62]; - equipment for Battlesden House Emergency Maternity Hospital; - provision of shelters at institutional buildings in Bedford Borough. [ex W/ARPP 23]

21 Aug 1940

From: 1940 To: 1940

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Ministry of Home Security, civil defence, Air Raid Precautions, Biggleswade Rural District Council, maps, Ministry of Health, ambulances, air raid shelters, nursing, St.Mary's Emergency Maternity Hospital, BEDFORDSHIRE, BEDFORD, BIGGLESWADE, KEMPSTON, BATTLESDEN