Air Raid Warden Collection

Hull ARP warden seen here with a large fire extinguisher. Circa 1940

ARP personnel and rescue workers did through the rubble of Sculcoates Lane, Hull looking for survivors following the raid on the city 7th - 8th May 1941

Shops and Amusements outside Tonys Ballroom in Hurst Street, Birmingham burnt out following an air raid on the city. 25th October 1940

Rescuing a casualty. A series of realistic exercises were carried out at the A. R. P
Rescuing a casualty. A series of realistic exercises were carried out at the A.R.P. station at Anthony Road School, Alum Rock, Birmingham

ARP and Rescue wardens sift through the rubble of the Belgravia Hotel, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, following a raid on the city. 16th October 1940

A warden searches the damaged wards of Erdington House hospital following a raid on the city. 21st October 1940

A damage house in Tyburn Road, Edrdington, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940

A house damage by a bomb in Tyburn Road, Edrdington, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940

Saved by shelters A bomb fell between these two shelters in Smallheath, Birmingham, nobody was hurt following a raid on the city. Here is a Midland A.R.P

A demolition squad make safe a bomb damaged building at Hodge Hill Common following a raid on the city. 18th August 1940

Householders and ARP recovery squad removing furniture from their bomb damage home in Hodge Hill Common, Birmingham, following a raid on the city. 18th August 1940

Firemen and rescue workers in Aston, Birmingham, search through the collapsed remain of a house which received a direct hit during a raid on the city 25th August 1940

A. R. P. demonstration at Esher. Wardens wearing thir gas masks. April 1938
A.R.P. demonstration at Esher. Wardens wearing thir gas masks. April 1938

Merseyside ARP team seen here wearing their gas suits and masks during a gas decontamination exercise, 14th July 1939

Air raid warden with nurse and baby in arms seen demonstrating the new gas helmet during an air raid gas exercise on Merseyside 24th July 1941

Air raid wardens seen here riding on a motorbike and sidecar during an air raid gas exercise on Merseyside 18th January 1938

A. R. P. demonstration at Esher. Wardens seen here being given training on how to deal with
A.R.P. demonstration at Esher. Wardens seen here being given training on how to deal with an incendiary bomb. April 1938

ARP Wardens testing gas masks at gas chamber, Lincoln 7 November 1938

Air raid wardens at one of their posts during the A. R. P. exercises in Derby
Air raid wardens at one of their posts during the A.R.P. exercises in Derby. 15th May 1939

Ambulance men, ARP wardens and members of the public taking part in a air raid exercise at Dudley Road, Birmingham. September 1939 In 1935 the Home Office announced that local authorities would be

Civic thanks from the Lord Mayor as rescue workers search the rubble in Bean Street, Hull for survivors following a particularly heavy air raid on the city. 15th March 1941

ARP personnel, Air Raid Wardens and Firemen search the devastation of Rowlston and Aldborough Grove, Hull following the detonation of a parachute mine dropped by the Luftwaffe during the raid of

Trinity House Rest Home in Carr Lane, Hull on the morning of 8th May 1941 following a direct hit during the over night raid

ARP personnel, Air raid warden help to search for survivors in an East Hull street after a German raid on the city 9th May 1941

Rescue workers search rubble for survivors after a parachute mine detonated on Bean Street in Hull during the Luftwaffe raid on the city on the night of the 14th - 15th March 1941

Womens Voluntary Service members serving tea to the firefights, soldiers and rescue workers in Central Hull following a heavy night raid on the city. Circa March 1941

ARP Warden on fire watch in Bristol, armed with his trusted stirrup pump and buckets of sand. Circa December 1940

Royal visit to Salford - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth talking to a group warden in Salford. Feb 1941

No official caption. ARP Personnel training in bomb disposal and decontamination. They are wearing the full anti-gas suit with civilian service respirator. 1938

World War Two - Second World War - Severely damaged houses in High Heaton, Newcastle, after a German air raid in September 1940

Air Raid Precaution Wardens take part in a pre-war exercise in the Scotwood Road area of Newcastle. 06/02/1939

Newcastle Chronicle and Journal staff wearing gas masks as part of air raid precautions (A R P) training. Air Raid Wardens. Circa : 1940

Newcastle Chronicle and Journal staff wearing gas masks as part of air raid precautions (A R P) training. Air Raid Wardens. Circa : 1940

By 1941 many Newcastle firms, like this one on City Road, were adopting 24 hour fire-watching with use of roof spotters. 14/01/1941

WW2 air raid warden

Air Raid Warden sounds her gas rattle in Kingston upon Thames during a gas alarm April 1941

Children play as air raid wardens during WW2

Queen Mary Inspecting ARP Queen Mary, mother of King George VI had her own part to play during the WW2. Here she can be seen inspecting a line of Air Raid Wardens

Two air raid wardens cause a stir as they stroll in February 1939 in full regalia

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