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Quite a number of period photos show ARP personnel wearing side caps. Though they were not an officially issued piece of uniform, they could be privately purchased. Both men and women can be seen wearing them and examples with no piping, yellow piping and red piping are known to exist. The red-piped example below has a smaller version of the ARP breast badge sewn onto it.  Red-Piped ARP Side Cap with Small ARP Badge  Coventry Fire Guard Instructor wearing a side cap
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Something I've never come across before is the embroidery style used on this ARP Pattern 54 Civil Defence armlet (armband). The letter 'V' has been picked out in red thread and · · · - (dot dot dot dash) added in Morse code for 'V' for Victory. A number of enamel and celluloid pin badges were available for sale featuring this Morse code letter.  Morse Code V For Victory on Civil Defence Armlet Original or Reproduction? There was a J. W. and C. J. Phillips Ltd., based near Cannon Street, London... Answers on a postcard only addressed to: Smelted Coke Cans Competition 201 Wood Lane London W12 7TQ  Air Raid Warden Plaque - original or copy?  Air Raid Warden Plaque - original or copy (rear)?  Air Raid Warden Plaque - original or copy (maker)? A previous blog covered Francis Chichester's 'Night & Fire Spotting', but he also published 'The Spotter's Handbook' in 1941. It outlined the role and use of roof spotters and provided details on the various German aircraft, etc.  'The Spotter's Handbook' by Francis Chichester Members of St. Augustin's Abbey fire watch gather in the College Quadrangle in 1940. No uniforms in evidence, just steel helmets, buckets and stirrup pumps. I cannot determine what the emblem is on their helmets, possibly connected to the abbey.  Fire Watchers, Canterbury 1940 |
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