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Following on from a recent blog concerning the endorsed identity card issued to Civil Defence personnel, Jon Mills was kind enough to send me this 1943 card (the vast majority are dated 1943), with the original photo attached, of Cyril Rook, a Deputy Controller working in London's Group 9.  Endorsed Civil Defence Identity Card With Photograph © Jon Mills
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Civil Defence personnel were issued with a pale blue endorsed National Registration Identity Card - NR107A (N.R.107A) - which had extra space to detail their civil defence role and could include a photograph of the holder which was rarely used though.  Divisional Warden Endorsed Identity Card  Divisional Warden Endorsed Identity Card interior details Over the years, a number of silver ARP badges have appeared with individual numbers stamped below the A.R.P. letters. I thought I had saved an image of one of these but cannot currently locate it. The below form is a rare survivor detailing the issue of the numbered badge C2405 to a Mr. Powell.  1939-dated form confirming issue of an ARP badge by the City of Coventry A memo issued in October 1940 by the Leeds Corps of Air Raid Wardens regarding badges of rank. The use of epaulettes for rank insignia during WW2 is quite rare on either the bluette overalls or battledress/tunics. A few county emblems are known, for example Hampshire and Warwickshire. The below memo covers the use of light blue, red, yellow and green bands on the epaulette to designate rank. Quite a complicated set of insignia and obviously some folk weren't happy with other lesser mortals having the same helmet marking as themselves and so needed additional insignia to smooth their egos... I've not seen any photographic evidence (yet) of these epaulette ranks in use. Document courtesy of Jon Mills.  Leeds Wardens' Service Badges of Rank on Epaulettes A couple of lovely survivors from my neck of woods were these two early-war magazines issued by Wardens' Post B21 in Lewisham. The pair sold for £50 on the tat bazaar recently. The warden shown top right has some sort of emblem/letters below the 'W' on his white helmet, but alas the resolution of the image makes determining exactly what it is hard to say. The magazines contained interesting snippets of information, from letters from readers and a local District Warden, sports and social news, illustrations and a few photographs of wardens. Very rare and great to see.  Lewisham ARP Wardens on Parade  Three Lewisham ARP Wardens  "B Twenty-One" Magazine - WW2 Lewisham ARP magazines |
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