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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/57
AltRefNoFile no. 28G
TitleCirculars 1944
DescriptionARP office circulars relating to dealing with various bombs, inspection of respirators, report on exercise at Ramsey, injury due to war gases, calling personnel, cleansing arrangements for gas contaminated persons, training, incident control, phosphorus oil bomb, parachute bomb, mutual assistance, Home Security circular No. 14/1944 and enclosures, chevrons for war service and wound stripes, ARP Office circulars re volunteer car pool, urgent operational orders, reporting of unexploded bombs, copy of Eastern civil defence region circular No. 87/1944 โ€“ Temporary relaxation of safety precautions for essential road and rail traffic, civil defence exercises at The Old Maltings, Princes Street, Huntingdon (adjacent to Lawrence Court), reporting for night-duty at various ARP posts. ARP bulletins Nos. 15, 16, 17, report on exercise at The Lodge Farm, Orton Longueville, letter to controllers, sub-controllers, wardens re black-out, letter to controllers, sub-controllers, wardens re relaxation of ARP duties, letter to sub-controllers re crashed aircraft with chart, courses at Easingwold with programme. Circular and instructions re crashed aircraft, circular re German prisoner of war camps. The War is drawing to a close and the remaining circulars deal with the running down of the Services, closing down of posts, telephones and 'order of the day' from the Home Secretary Mr Herbert Morrison dated 2 May 1945.
DateJanuary 1944-June 1945
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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