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Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - assistance to military authorities;...
Catalogue reference: WW2 AR C/2/46
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This record is a file about the Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - assistance to military authorities;... dating from 29 May 1940.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WW2 AR C/2/46
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Date (When the record was created)
- 29 May 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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Agenda papers including, amongst other things:
- assistance to military authorities;
- billeting of RAF personnel at Leighton Buzzard Public Assistance Institution;
- communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: supply of axes for use with stirrup pumps; recruitment of women for First Aid Parties; public lectures on Air Raid Precautions; Molltioff bottles [Molotov cocktails];
- communications from Ministry of Health regarding: Local Defence Volunteers [Home Guard]; preparation of Emergency Hospitals; repair of war damage; aliens; Emergency Hospital Scheme - Old Bute Hospital, Luton; emergency maternity home at Battlesden House;
- communications from Ministry of Home Security regarding: construction of basement shelter in Ampthill; blackout arrangements at Arlesey St.Peter Council School; Wardens' Post at Kempston Hoo Estate Office; Cleansing Station at Public Assistance Institution, Biggleswade; air raid sirens in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard; public shelters at Pratt's premises, Leighton Buzzard; equipment for Rescue Parties, Cleansing Stations etc.; Air Raid Wardens' Post in garage at rear of 171-5 Tavistock Street, Bedford; air raid shelters on Harpur Trust property at rear of 10-14 Midland Road, Bedford;
- Air Raid Precautions equipment at Three Counties Hospital.
[ex W/ARPP 19]
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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. 6509
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/52592fbf-5de2-43ab-b0d5-8e800c73751c/
Series information
WW2 AR C
Air Raid Precautions, Committee Material
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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: - assistance to military authorities;...