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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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WW2 AR C/2/65
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Date (When the record was created)
- 18 Sep 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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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]
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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acc. 6513
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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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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Within the fonds: WW2
WAR RECORDS - WORLD WAR TWO
Within the sub-fonds: WW2 AR
Air Raids & Air Raid Precautions
Within the series: WW2 AR C
Air Raid Precautions, Committee Material
Within the sub-series: WW2 AR C/2
Agenda Papers
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Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - communication from Ministry of...