WW2 Borough Of Lambeth Civil Defence 'Orders To Parties' Form

2/15/2020

An interesting document I had not come across before. This "Orders To Parties" form from the Lambeth Civil Defence area in London covers a lot of information about an incident.

I've tried to decipher the abbreviations but one or two are not obvious:

SP - Stretcher Party (term used in London for First Aid Party)
CDP - not sure on this one - something Party
AMB - Ambulance
REP - Repair Squads (gas, water, electricity, sewage, telephone etc)
MU - Mobile Unit
R - Rescue
MC - ?
DCP - Decontamination Party

2 Comments

Terry Gatward

11/19/2020 12:25:05

Could C.D.P. be Civil Defense Personnel? A Lambeth report I have seen states "Please send C.D.P. Van" it was to pick up two dead who were lying in the local church.

Another entry is "RP at work A.M.B M.C sitting in case, car standing by x" AMB is Ambulance but not sure about M.C. any suggestion?

Website owner

11/19/2020 13:13:51

Civil Defence (with a c not s - that's the yank spelling) Personnel makes no sense to me. It'll be more specific than that. As described in my post I do not yet know what MC relates to. Possibly something medical.

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WW2 Borough Of Lambeth Civil Defence 'Orders To Parties' Form

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