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According to the note written on the rear of the photograph, the Anderson shelter in the garden of this house on the south coast saved the lives of five people. A gentleman who remained in the house was sadly killed. You can see the effects of the blast on the neighbours' windows. Going by the bluette overalls being worn by the civil defence services this is most likely pre-mid 1941.  South Coast Anderson Shelter Saves Five
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The design of some wardens' posts had an integral emergency exit built into one wall. The occupants could push through the emergency exit if the main entrance was blocked.  Wardens' Post rear emergency exit  Original Wardens' Post with rear emergency exit in Lee Green, London Appearing on eBay is a fake embroidered CDR beret badge. The rear spagetti of threads is the giveawy  Fake Embroidered Civil Defence Reserve CDR Beret Badge A fine study of a typical early-war ARP Warden. This unnamed gentleman is wearing bluette overalls with the oval ARP breast badge plus a LAMBETH area title. His whistle is attached to a white lanyard. He has the standard black helmet with a white 'W'.  Lambeth ARP Warden The previous blog post concerned an inscription written by Wolf Neimann in a 1942 copy of The Best of Punch. Wolf had been evacuated to Northampton during the Second World War. Chris Ransted has done the following research on his Jewish family. The Neimann's left (forced to leave more likely) Germany in the late 1930s and came to live in London. Germany, Index of Jews Whose German Nationality was Annulled by Nazi Regime, 1935-1944 Name: Wolfgang Max Israel Neimann Birth Date: 15 Mär 1927 (15 March 1927) Birth Place: Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Deutschland (Germany) Last Residence: Tempelhof, Belin (Byhlen), Deutschland (Germany)  Annulment of Wolf Neimann's German nationality by the Nazis Wolf's parents - Ernst and Charlotte - were living in Hampstead when listed on the 1939 England and Wales Register. Wolf Neimann isn't listed on this register so must have been living elsewhere. Note how the surname Neimann has been altered to Newman. Both parents were later naturalised in 1947 in London.  Wolf's parents living in Hampstead Nearly all male German refugees from the late 1930s were initially interned for security reasons. Ernst Neimann was also interned but later given an exemption and released on 2 September 1940.
The only Buttles living in Northampton in the 1939 Register lived at 65 Earl Street.
There is no trace the Neimann surname in any UK records after naturalisation. They appear to have adopted the Anglified surname Newman. Wolfgang Max Newman emigrated to Australia (date unknown) and died in December 2009. His remains are interred at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia . |
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