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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/189
AltRefNoFile no. 110
TitleVehicles for civil defence
DescriptionLetter from the Home Office department re insurance of use of cars belonging to enrolled volunteers (date of letter 31 August 1937). Similar letter dated 4 May 1939. ARP department circular No. 97/1939. Letter from regional commissioner – Insurance of commercial vehicles. Home Office ARP department circular No. 199/1939 – Arrangements for obtaining the use of vehicles for civil defence purposes, and notes on requisitioning of vehicles. Home Office circular 218/1939 – Identification labels on vehicles on ARP service. Circular letter from ARP officer. Circular 236/1939 – Payment for use of vehicles for civil defence purposes. Circular No. 254/1939. Use of unlicensed vehicles for ARP purposes. Circular 263/1939 – Pay and conditions of service of drivers of commercial motor vehicles engaged on ARP services. Circular No. 276/1939 – Insurance of motor vehicles used for civil defence purposes. Circular No. 288/1939 – Provision of transport ARP services. ARP Services – registration of vehicles. Schedule of vehicles. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 20/1940 – Compensation for requisitioned vehicles under the defence regulations, and correspondence on this subject and insurance and redundant vehicles. Notes on conference on insurance. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 146/1940 – Motor Vehicles (Control) Order 1940, list of lorries earmarked for ARP use. Correspondence on lights on vehicles during ‘purple’ warning. Home Security circular No. 162/1942 – Reimbursement of payment for vehicles hired or requisitioned for civil defence services. Correspondence re anti-freeze.
DateAugust 1937-November 1941
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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