This confidential early-war memo issued to Air Raid Wardens covered the various coloured warnings that were used during the second world war:
Air Raid Message - Yellow: wardens to gather at their posts (public not informed) Air Raid Warning - Red: air raid imminent - wardens dash out into their their sectors blowing short blasts on their whistles Air Raid Message - Green: raiders passed - wardens walk their sectors blowing long blasts on their whistle Air Raid Message - White: All clear sent to wardens' posts (public would be informed by 'All Clear' siren) Later in the war the 'Air Raid Message - Green' was abolished. A separate 'Air Raid Message - Purple' was introduced
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WILLIAM DOLCE
5/23/2025 11:06:27
DURING WW2 MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN AN A.R.P. UNIT IN BOOTLE NEAR LIVERPOOL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND. YEARS LATER I USE TO PLAY WITH A NAZI INCENDIARY BOMB IN HIS BACKYARD SHED. I DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS LIVE OR DEFUSED WHEN I PLAYED WITH IT.
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Website owner
5/24/2025 19:26:23
The incendiary bomb was almost certainly defused. Being part of the ARP, your grandfather probably asked for a defused IB as a memento. There are quite a few defused examples in collections.
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