Collection ACC/2269 - WANDSWORTH AND BATTERSEA AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS

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ACC/2269

Titre

WANDSWORTH AND BATTERSEA AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS

Date(s)

  • 1939-1940 (Création/Production)

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Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

0.01 linear metres

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Notice biographique

Battersea Metropolitan Borough and Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough were part of the London County Council. Under the Air Raid Precautions Acts of 1937 and 1939 County Councils were responsible for making arrangements for the protection from injury and damage of persons and property within the County. This included the training of volunteers as control room staff, wardens, rescuers, ambulance drivers, messengers and salvage; building shelters; establishing rest centres for the homeless and evacuation of schools and the vulnerable.

Battersea and Wandsworth were a prime target during the Blitz because of the railway network, factories and power station in the area. From July 1940 to April 1944, 2,729 high explosive bombs and parachute mines together with about 50,000 incendiary bombs were dropped on the two boroughs. From June 1944 to March 1945, 160 V1 flying bombs and 8 V2 rockets fell on the two boroughs. Also, during that time, eight V2 rockets fell on the boroughs from the 8th September 1944 to the 6th March 1945. About 1,800 died and about 8,900 were injured in the 2 boroughs.

Source of statistics: http://www.emc.org.uk/hawkley1939/History/civilian_air_raid_casualties.htm

Histoire archivistique

ACC/2269 1939-1940 Collection 0.01 linear metres Battersea Metropolitan Borough
Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough

Battersea Metropolitan Borough and Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough were part of the London County Council. Under the Air Raid Precautions Acts of 1937 and 1939 County Councils were responsible for making arrangements for the protection from injury and damage of persons and property within the County. This included the training of volunteers as control room staff, wardens, rescuers, ambulance drivers, messengers and salvage; building shelters; establishing rest centres for the homeless and evacuation of schools and the vulnerable.

Battersea and Wandsworth were a prime target during the Blitz because of the railway network, factories and power station in the area. From July 1940 to April 1944, 2,729 high explosive bombs and parachute mines together with about 50,000 incendiary bombs were dropped on the two boroughs. From June 1944 to March 1945, 160 V1 flying bombs and 8 V2 rockets fell on the two boroughs. Also, during that time, eight V2 rockets fell on the boroughs from the 8th September 1944 to the 6th March 1945. About 1,800 died and about 8,900 were injured in the 2 boroughs.

Source of statistics: http://www.emc.org.uk/hawkley1939/History/civilian_air_raid_casualties.htm

Received in 1986 (Acc/2269).

Plans of Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Districts in Battersea and plans of air raid shelters in Wandsworth, 1939-1940.

Chronological

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For records of the London County Council, including papers relating to emergency wartime measures, see reference LCC.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Battersea Metropolitan Borough Defence Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Civil defence Air raid precautions Architecture Buildings Air raid shelters Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Wandsworth (district) Wandsworth London England UK Western Europe Battersea State security Europe

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Received in 1986 (Acc/2269).

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Plans of Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Districts in Battersea and plans of air raid shelters in Wandsworth, 1939-1940.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

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Chronological

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Available for general access.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright: City of London.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

For records of the London County Council, including papers relating to emergency wartime measures, see reference LCC.

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • anglais

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