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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/253
AltRefNoFile no. 148
TitleMobile canteens
DescriptionCorrespondence re mobile canteens and the supply of biscuits for them and other food. Circular letter from Eastern regional office re emergency labels for mobile canteens. Long letter from Eastern regional office re mobile canteens. Correspondence re emergency ration packs. Long letter from Ministry of Food, wartime meals division – Emergency meals service. Operation of mobile canteens. Feeding civil defence personnel. Circular from Ministry of Food and Ministry of Health re canned foods. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 34/1944 – Licensing and the use of civil defence mobile canteens. Eastern regional circular No. 52/1944 – Turnover or replacement of emergency rations and emergency ration packs. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 15/1945 – Closing down of civil defence canteens. Disposal of funds. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 23/1945 – Release of mobile canteens and kitchens for overseas. (At the end of the War a number of mobile canteens were sent overseas both for the use of troops and the feeding of the civilian population in liberated countries). Home Security circular No. 77/1945 – Mobile canteens and 48/1945 – Disposal of emergency rations.
DateSeptember 1940-November 1945
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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