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Collapse CD - City of Westminster Civil Defence RecordsCD - City of Westminster Civil Defence Records
Expand 1 - Civil Defence Planning1 - Civil Defence Planning
Expand 2 - Report Centre Records of Incidents2 - Report Centre Records of Incidents
Collapse 3 - Organisational and operational Records of Report Centres3 - Organisational and operational Records of Report Centres
25 - Group general file.
26 - Group general file
27 - Group general file
28 - Group general file
29 - Group RHQ messages
30 - Group RHQ messages
31 - Group RHQ messages
32 - Group RHQ messages
33 - Group RHQ messages
34 - Messages from Westminster report centre to group 1 recording UXB, UXAA shells and UXUP sent in accordance with Operations Circulars nos 94 & 120.
35 - SAO [special action officer] operational index
36 - SAO alphabetical list of telephone numbers
37 - SAO sector list
38 - SAO sector list
39 - SAO street list
40 - Memoranda and supplementary instructions to SAO.
41 - `Instructions to Plotting Officer', listing category of roads in Westminster, eg `group' road, WCC connecting routes.
42 - Plotting Officer's list of addresses of public houses.
43 - Plotting Officer's `List of Streets and Places within the City of Westminster'.
44 - Plotting Officer's `schedule of public air raid shelters'.
45 - Alphabetical card index to streets [in Westminster] giving location and sector number.
46 - Alphabetical card index to streets [in Westminster] giving location and sector number.
47 - Public utilities list of streets
48 - Alphabetical index of streets recording sector number and contact telephone numbers for water, gas, electricity and sewers.
49 - Sector list.
50 - List of addresses of banks.
51 - List of locations of telephone kiosks.
52 - Information file giving details of who to contact in any emergency
53 - `A' report centre area control officer's `Bible'
54 - `B' report centre emergency mobilisation register no 2
55 - Alphabetical card index giving brief information on any eventuality
56 - Abbey district immediate reports, authority to notify and information to be given.
57 - Telephone directory of ambulance stations, depots etc.
58 - Bundle of papers giving names of those responsible in case of damage to water and gas mains, and addresses of fire stations.
59 - London CD Region Group 1 directory of telephone numbers.
60 - London CD region instructions for sending and receiving communications and various circumstances.
61 - Register of places of operation and purpose of mobile canteens.
62 - Record of subjects of messages sent and transmitted to Town Clerk `A' report centre.
63 - Alphabetical card index giving brief description of weapons [likely to be used against civilian populations].
64 - Printed diary briefly logging [ARP meetings and exercises].
65 - Printed diary briefly logging [ARP meetings and exercises]
66 - Printed diary briefly logging [ARP meetings and exercises]
67 - Notes, memoranda etc, on ARP co-operation with Home Guard.
Collapse 68 - [Report Centre] files of correspondence, memoranda, circulars etc68 - [Report Centre] files of correspondence, memoranda, circulars etc
1 - Reports of O/C report centre & Librarian to emergency committee
2 - ARP Controller's list of incidents
3 - Bomb census
4 - Canteen and canteen committee
5 - Casualty Services
6 - Civilian war deaths
7 - Combined training
8 - Crash raiding emergency scheme
9 - Emergency rations
10 - Exercises - Gadfly, Crash, Bother, etc.
11 - Fire - NFS and Council Fireguards
12 - Gas identification service
13 - London CD Region Group 1
14 - Highways department
15 - Home defence
16 - Homeless persons, rest centres and furniture salvage
17 - LCC
18 - London Passenger Transport Board
Expand 19 - Military Intelligence19 - Military Intelligence
20 - Mine Watching
21 - Ministry of Information
22 - Ministry of works
23 - Mobile Canteens
24 - Photographs
25 - Poison Gas
26 - Post Office
27 - Public Utilities: MWB, gas, electricity
28 - Region (general) and regional training notes
29 - Reinforcements, rendez-vous points
30 - Rescue Service
31 - Rest Centres
32 - River Wall Defences
33 - Road Blocks
34 - Telephones - depots and posts
35 - Telephones - alternative means of communication
36 - Telephones - Westminster CD
37 - Telephones - report centres
38 - Telephones - other services
39 - Town Clerk
40 - Unexploded bombs
41 - Wardens service (reporting)
42 - Warning
43 - Report centre maps
44 - Report centre medical services
45 - Report centre printing
46 - Report centre stationary
47 - Report centre stock-taking
48 - Report centre travel warrants
49 - Report centre uniforms, badges and chevrons
50 - Report centre uniform repairs
51 - Report centre requisitions
52 - Report centre wages sheets
53 - Report centre general matters
54 - Certificates of service report centre staff
55 - Report centre layout [City Hall]
56 - Report centre yearly estimates
57 - [Enrolement] forms etc of [people who have left report centre staff
58 - Report centre establishment
59 - Finance department, sustenance
60 - Report centre identity cards
61 - Report centre rest and convalescence
62 - Report centre beds and bedding
63 - Report centre clothing coupons
64 - Report centre cleaning
65 - Report centre cycles
66 - Report centre comforts
67 - Report centre respirators and anti-gas accessories
68 - Report centre furniture, fittings etc
69 - Report centre sick leave, injuries etc
70 - Subject index to files
69 - Draft summary accounts of various aspects of CD in Westminster and statistical summaries and reports on services set up by the City of Westminster to deal with air raids.
70 - File of very rough notes entitled `CD History'.
Expand 4 - Records Relating to Personnel at Report Centres4 - Records Relating to Personnel at Report Centres
Expand 5 - Records relating to Civil Defence Equipment5 - Records relating to Civil Defence Equipment
Expand 6 - Duplicated Circulars concerning ARP and CD work6 - Duplicated Circulars concerning ARP and CD work
Expand 7 - Photograph albums of incidents7 - Photograph albums of incidents
Expand 8 - Photographs of incidents8 - Photographs of incidents
Expand 9 - Photographs of Civil Defence recruitment, organisation and vehicles9 - Photographs of Civil Defence recruitment, organisation and vehicles
Expand 10 - Photographs of Civil Defence training exercises in the City of Westminster10 - Photographs of Civil Defence training exercises in the City of Westminster
Expand 11 - Photographs of Civil Defence training exercises in other areas of London11 - Photographs of Civil Defence training exercises in other areas of London
Expand 12 - Photographs of groups Westminster ARP Post Wardens12 - Photographs of groups Westminster ARP Post Wardens
Expand 13 - Photographs of the treatment and transport of casualties13 - Photographs of the treatment and transport of casualties
Expand 14 - Photographs of Westminster medical centres and personnel14 - Photographs of Westminster medical centres and personnel
Expand 15 - Photographs of official occasions and inspections15 - Photographs of official occasions and inspections
Expand 16 - Photographs of air raid shelters and civilians16 - Photographs of air raid shelters and civilians
Expand 17 - Photographs of War Savings and fund-raising campaigns17 - Photographs of War Savings and fund-raising campaigns
Expand 18 - Photographs of ATC (Air Training Corps)18 - Photographs of ATC (Air Training Corps)
Expand 19 - Front of house set of stills and lobby cards for "The Warning"19 - Front of house set of stills and lobby cards for "The Warning"
Expand 20 - Photographs of international conflicts and aircraft20 - Photographs of international conflicts and aircraft
Expand 21 - Black and white negatives of incidents21 - Black and white negatives of incidents
Expand 22 - Maps and Plans22 - Maps and Plans
Expand 23 - Press Cuttings23 - Press Cuttings
Expand 24 - Pamphlets Issued by Home Office and Ministry of Home Security24 - Pamphlets Issued by Home Office and Ministry of Home Security
Expand 25 - Pamphlets Issued by the Ministry of Health25 - Pamphlets Issued by the Ministry of Health
Expand 26 - Pamphlets issued by the Office of the Lord Privy Seal26 - Pamphlets issued by the Office of the Lord Privy Seal
Expand 27 - Rules and Orders27 - Rules and Orders
Expand 28 - Acts28 - Acts
Expand 29 - Other Government Publications29 - Other Government Publications
Expand 30 - Pamphlets issued by the City of Westminster30 - Pamphlets issued by the City of Westminster
Expand 31 - Other Publications31 - Other Publications
Expand 32 - Objects32 - Objects
2815 - City of Westminster ARP shelter marshal's arm band, with notes concerning reminiscences of shelter marshals in the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive
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