Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WW2/AR/C2/119
  • Title
    Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - Operation Instruction No.9 (Command & Communication) appointing Town Commanders for Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Potton, Sandy and Shefford and outlining their responsibilities; - tour of Air Raid Precautions services in Bedfordshire; - communications from Ministry of Home Security regarding: amendment to Civil Defence (Employment & Offences) (No.5) Order 1941; Removal & Storage of Household Chattels Order 1941; reduced railway fares for full-time Civil Defence personnel travelling on duty; invasion instructions for Civil Defence Controllers; training of Fire Guards; - letter from Ministry of Health re: emergency mortuaries; - distribution of coupon free comforts to Civil Defence staff; - communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: Wardens' Post at 39 Highfield Crescent, Brogborough; accommodation for Rescue and First Aid Party personnel at Bunyan Chapel Hall, Kempston; strengthening of basement shelters in Dunstable; appointment of Head Warden for Kempston Urban District Council; - appointment of Organiser of County WVS Clothing Depot; - Rest Centres at Biddenham, Elstow and Bromham schools; - co-ordination of measures to deal with heavy air attack; - refusal of nomination of A.Basen as Kempston Urban District Council Head Warden; - resignation of J.B.Godber, Head Warden of Willington, in protest at the attitude of the Executive Committee; - report on driving abilities of Miss R.Daunt, Social & Welfare Worker; - duplicate Control Room, North Bedfordshire Area; - welfare arrangements for homeless in Bedford Rural District Council area; - accommodation for refugees from air attack. [ex W/ARPP 39]
  • Date free text
    8 Oct 1941
  • Production date
    From: 1941 To: 1941
  • Level of description
    item
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