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Fire guard's pocket book pictures, diagrams and tables
Covers first aid, care of stirrup pump, war gases, organisation, duties, equipment, team drills and actions and types of bombs including incendiaries. Concludes with miscellaneous notes.
Tom Payne
An autobiography of Tom Payne, mainly pre-war in Hemel Hempstead. At the start of the war he became a fire watcher. His cousin, Vivian Gunning, died in June 1940 whilst flying in a Blenheim. He recalls bombing and low flying German bombers. He joined…
Tags: bombing; civil defence; evacuation; firefighting; home front; recruitment
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Asks whether he would like her to send razor and to mention that he would like his post office savings book to be returned to her as she need his written authority for this. Asks whether he would be prepared to make a rug if she sends him materials.…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
She writes whilst she is on fire watching duty. She says that their daughter Frances went to tea on her own and that she has finished her diptheria immunisation. She writes that she and some friends went to tea and that she has been practising…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes about sending him socks and other items as well as about the activities of daughter Frances. Mentions she has been appointed fire-fighting group leader and been asked to do some secretarial work. Continues writing of fruit bottling, jam making…
Tags: faith; firefighting; prisoner of war; Red Cross; Stalag Luft 3
Herbert, R
Mr Herbert's account of the events at Moltkestraße 7 and 8, Untere Königstraße.
Maria, V
Maria V's account of the events at Wilhelmstraße 2 ½
Karoline, K
Karoline K's account of the events at Obere Karlstraße 17 (Bürgersäle).
Emmy Zoberbier and anonymous respondents
Three accounts of the events at Landgraf-Karl-Straße.
Anton, J
Anton J's account of the events at Kassel-Kirchditmold, Opferhof 3.
Heinrich Peter, Sch
Mr Heinrich's account of the events at Hohenzollern-straße 56.
Wickenrode, Karl L
Mr Karl L Wickenrode's account of the events at Frankfurter Straße, Weinbergbunker, Marstall and Kaufunger Straße.
Hannah, K
Mrs Hannah, K's account of the events at Wildemannsgasse 19 (“Pinne”).
Wiegel, Heinz
Heinz Wiegel's account of the events at Luisenstraße 9 and Große Rosenstraße 21.
Käthe Sch
Mrs Käthe Sch's account of the events at Luisenstraße 2, Old Barracks (north wing), Railway Bunker, Bismarckstraße. Included is a statement by her son, Harry.
Leimbach, Johannes
Johannes Leimbach's account of the events at Zeughausstraße 10, Wildemannsgasse 19 'Pinne'.
Franz N and Elisabeth N
Franz N and Elisabeth N's account of the events at Wildemannsgasse 19, Pinne.
Emmy O
Emmy O's account of the events at Königsplatz (post office), Ziegengasse 13.
Alfred P
Mr Alfred P's account of the events at Schäfergasse 5 and Gartenstraße 26.
Margarete F
Margarete F's account of the events at Schäfergasse 39.
Clara A
Miss Clara A's account of the events at Heckershäuser Straße 10 and Main Cemetery.
Karl E
Police Sergeant Karl E's account of the events at Police Station no 4 (Reuterstraße 12) and Moltke-straße 8.
Anna A
Anna A's account of the events at Hohenzollernstraße nos. 26 and 28, Hindenburg-platz.
Ottilie Klöne
Ottilie Klöne's account of the events at Pferdemarkt 9.
Johanna Burghardt
Johanna Burghardt's account of the events at Oberste Gasse 10.