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Release from National Fire Service Letter
Tags: civil defence; firefighting
Award to Sergeant Stanley Bradford by home guard
Peter and Penelope Jenkinson
Tags: civil defence; Home Guard
Air raid precautions album
Fire guard's pocket book pictures, diagrams and tables
Interview with Margaret Irene Maxwell
Interview with Gladys Hatt
Tags: bombing; civil defence; entertainment; evacuation; home front; Home Guard; shelter
Doris Reddish
On the reverse 'Doris Edith Reddish ROC 12/10/25 -17/05/17'.
My Work in the Royal Observer Corps
Doris Reddish's Royal Observer Corps Badges
Item 1 is the two badges on her cap.
Item 2 and 3 are Doris' cap.
Item 4 and 5 are both sides of an enamel badge.
Item 6 is a cloth Royal Observer Corps badge.
Item 7 is a cloth rank…
Letter to Dennis Batty from brother Phil
Retirement of Lt-Col Sheppard
The first refers to Lt-Col Sheppard's retirement. He was in charge of the Southern Railway Home Guard.
The three other cuttings refer to three men who served in the same home guard unit.
Tags: civil defence; Home Guard
Interview with Betty Welton
Terry and Arthur Ford
Tags: civil defence; home front; Home Guard
Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Tags: civil defence; home front; prisoner of war
Len Jones and an Atlantic convoy
Photos 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are ships forming up for a 1941 convoy from Boston. The photographer is Arthur's friend Cecil Reid.
Tags: civil defence; Home Guard
Airman in hard hat and gas mask
Tags: aircrew; civil defence; observer
The Kriegie December 2005
Tags: 10 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 544 Squadron; 601 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; arts and crafts; bale out; Caterpillar Club; civil defence; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); escaping; flight engineer; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Halifax; Hampden; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); killed in action; Lancaster; memorial; mess; Mosquito; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Benson; RAF Duxford; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Northolt; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 357; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stalag Luft 7; the long march
Interview with Owen Cox
Letter to Douglas Hudson
Immediate training for all men fit to fight
Two National Service Leaflets
Tags: civil defence; Home Guard