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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/32
AltRefNoFile no. 18A
TitleRegional office
DescriptionGeneral correspondence relating to air raid precautions, progress reports air raid warning instruments, list of headings to be considered by a local authority in drafting an ARP scheme. Letter from Huntingdonshire police – Air raid warning siren at Huntingdon. List of public utility companies in Huntingdonshire. Removal of regional office from Regent Street, Cambridge, to ‘St Regis’, Montague Road, Cambridge, July 1939. (Note: the establishment of the regional office at ‘St Regis’ under Sir Will Spens, regional commissioner, resulted in very efficient administration and did away with the need to go to the Home Office in London, for approvals and other matters. It was almost impossible to get through to the Home Office in London on the phone, as every local authority was trying to do the same thing.) Home Office circular 138/1943 – Battle of Britain Sunday. Home Office circular 138/1943 on the same subject, and other correspondence. Correspondence relating to civil defence artists’ exhibition and rifle shooting competition. ‘Battle of Britain Sunday 1944’. Ministry Home Security circular 143/1944 – Address by HM the King. Ministry of Home Security circular 53/1945 dated 11 May 1945. Farewell parade in London for civil defence personnel.
DateJuly 1938-May 1945
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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