Reference
Z216/31
Title
Photograph of the County Emergency Committee and Officials in the large committe room at Shire Hall, Bedford. (The photograph was published in the History of Civil Defence 1935 - 1945 p21 see ref: W/ARPV 1, and the functions of the committee are also described in this booklet) The photographis not captioned, but the people were identified by Miss Hensman (letter 9 July 1992) who appears in the photograph. By F. Jewel Harrison, Bedford, photographer.
Clockwise from foreground nearest camera:
Commander W J A Willis, MVO, OBE (Chief Constable)
Major W A Chapman (Home Guard Liaison Officer)
Colonel J P White, OBE, MC (Home Gurad Liaison Officer)
Captain J M Tingey, (County Equipment Officer)
A H Perkins (County Treasurer)
F W Smart (County Surveyor, Rescue Services)
Inspector L B Loveridge, BEM (Bedford Borough ARP Officer)
Councillor A L Nicholls, MC (Bedford Borough)
E H L Stonebanks (Staff Officer, Casualty Services)
C G Welch (County Medical Officer of health)
County Councillor N B Foster
County Alderman Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, GCMG, GCVO, KCIE, CB, DL
County Alderman Sir Thomas Keens, DL (Chairman)
County Councillor Dr F W Crossley- Holland, DL
J B Graham, CBE. (Clerk of the County Council & County Controller)
J R Poole (Deputy Clerk of the County Council & Deputy County Controller)
O G Prudden (Co-ordinating Officer)
I M Lamb (Staff, Clerk of County council)
B M Hensman (Staff, Clerk of County council)
A Long (Training Officer)
(A much larger copy of this photograph is at CCV 33/75)
Date free text
Circa 1945
Production date
From: 1945 To: 1945
Level of description
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