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Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - communication from Ministry of...

Catalogue reference: WW2 AR C/2/65

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WW2 AR C/2/65
Date
18 Sep 1940
Description

Agenda papers including, amongst other things:

- communication from Ministry of Home Security regarding use of Rescue Party lorries for collection of salvage;

- communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: deterrents against enemy aircraft landings; Air Raid Precautions courses in schools; co-operation with military authorities; dropping of suspected magnetic mines by parachute on 17/18 Sep; adaptations to County Control Room; use of St.Paul's Methodist Church School, Harpur Street, Bedford at First Aid Depot and Cleansing Station; use of Caddington Vicarage as Wardens' Post; appointment of Officer-in-Charge of Bedford Borough Report & Control Centre;

- communications from Ministry of Health regarding: steel for essential First Aid repairs; supplies of surgical and x-ray equipment from USA; Government Evacuation Scheme; reception at Emergency Hospitals of Dominion and Allied wounded;

- Air Raid Precautions in schools;

- termination of service of J.H.Howard as a Bedford Warden;

- hutments at Bromham House;

- First Aid Party and Ambulance Depot at Park Farm, Dunstable;

-Air Raid Precautions organisation in Bedford Borough;

- lack of synchronisation of public sirens in South West Bedfordshire Area.

[ex W/ARPP 23]

Held by
Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

acc. 6513

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3384509b-846a-4b4f-96ee-3fcd875c3923/

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WW2 AR C

Air Raid Precautions, Committee Material

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Agenda Papers

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Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - communication from Ministry of...