Voices from Civil Defence Region 7: South Western (Bristol HQ)

Peter Ciuffetti

24 May 2022

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Home Guard: The response to his appeal was immediate. As soon as the speech was over, men ran in hordes to their local police stations to sign their names as volunteers. Captain D.A. Bradley, Adjutant, 6th Battalion Devonshire Home Guard[...] Aftermath of Bombing: The flames during the second night attack were such that a newspaper could be read two miles away from Plymouth. Intercepted German message, sent from New York to Scherlverlag, Berlin, 1941 [...] Shelter Life: No special incidents connected with “Anderson” shelters but “Morrison” shelters saved many lives and there are several outstanding examples of their value. Ministry of Home Security report on the effects of the air attacks on the city of Exeter, 1942 [...] Women's Land Army: The rise in wages, which the members have never asked for, immediately had a disastrous effect on the W.L.A. A number of farmers dismissed their girls, even those whom they had employed for nine or ten months. Chairman of the Women's Land Army Devon County Committee, 1940