Series: Air Raid Damage and Shelter Policy Committee, 1940-1942.
Taylor Kenkel
A file of the meeting minutes and memoranda of the Air Raid Damage and Shelter Policy Committee. The documents cover the period from September 1940 to December 1942, and include weekly reports on damage to infrastructure and communications across the United Kingdom. Subjects covered include air-raid shelter provision, amenities, and conditions; the use of tube stations as shelters; communal feeding facilities; and evacuation. The reports detail damage to housing and provisions for the homeless; damage to water supplies and sewerage; damage to food storage and production plants; damage to food stocks; and damage to Ministry of Supply factories. The file also covers the impact of air raids on transportation, including railways, the London Underground, ports, roads, and waterways; the disruption of postal communications and telecommunications; and damage to utilities including gas, electricity, and oil facilities. Detailed breakdowns are provided of stocks of foodstuffs and animal feed, and of the salvage of foodstuffs.
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The National Archives · 23 October 1940 English
(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET Ref: 2/1/31 23rd October, 1940. WAR CABINET Copy No. AIR RAID DAMAGE AND SHELTER POLICY Feeding Arrangements in Shelters …
The National Archives · 12 November 1941
SIXTIETH WEEKLY SUMMARY. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE PERIOD 5TH-12TH NOVEMBER, 1941. A. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (Further details under some of these headings will be found below). HOMELESS. …
The National Archives · 27 August 1941
FORTY-NINTH WEEKLY SUMMARY. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE PERIOD 20-27TH AUGUST, 1941. A. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (For further details under some of these headings see below). I. HOMELESS. …
The National Archives · 9 July 1941 English
FORTY-SECOND WEEKLY SUMMARY. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 2ND-9TH JULY, 1941. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (Further details under some of these headings are given below). HOMELESS. Numbers now very small. …
The National Archives · 3 September 1941 English
###. ###. ###. ###. ###. ###. ###. ###. FIFTIETH WEEKLY SUMMARY. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE PERIOD 27TH AUGUST TO 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1941. A. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (Further …
The National Archives · 24 June 1942 English
VI. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FACTORY The Pirelli-General Cable Works Ltd., Eastleigh, Southampto### (Electric wire and cable) was damaged on the 21st/22nd June. The furnace in the rolling mill was demolished …
The National Archives · 9 September 1942 English
were was killed diverted except Working was resumed t H.E. B. DETAILED SUMMARY OF AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE PERIOD 2ND-8TH SEPTEMBER, 1942. I. HOMELESS. At Whitby one rest centre …
The National Archives · 15 April 1942 English
Ports. On the night of the 7/8th April incendiary bombs were dropped on the Dock Estate at Grimsby, and four H.Es. on Alexand### causing slight damage to the Docks Lines. …
The National Archives · 11 November 1942 English
VIII. OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. Post Office Services. A Sub-Office at Aldershot and at Beccles was slightly damaged. IX. GAS AND ELECTRICITY. Electricity. Some damage was caused in the Portsmouth Area to …
The National Archives · 25 September 1941 English
I. FIFTY-THIRD WEEKLY SUMMARY. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE PERIOD 17TH-24TH SEPTEMBER, 1941. A. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (Further details under some of these headings will be found below). …