In WW2 each local council was responsible for setting up the local ARP to protect civilians from air raids. ARP Wardens were important members, enforcing the blackout, sounding the alarms, etc.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Air Raid Precautions (ARP)
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Abbey Road Depot - WW2 ARP members lost
Bill Wallis is described on the plaque as 'ARP Stretcher Bearer'. Which we ta...
ARP Depot - Harrow Green School
The school had closed in 1932 so the buildings must have been an obvious choi...
Other Subjects
Time and Talents
Community group. It originated with a group of committed Christian women who deplored the waste and futility of the protected lives of the majority of young girls who were only expected to be decor...
1 memorial
Dulwich College
Founded by Edward Alleyn as a school and almshouses. A chapel, a schoolhouse and twelve almshouses were built on Dulwich Green (see picture), and, extended and re-modelled, these buildings remain a...
3 memorials
Wilfred Lawson Sir
Radical, MP and temperance advocate, nicknamed "Dry Wilf". Second Baronet of Brayton.Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Cockermouth, Camborne, 1859-1906. President of the United Kingdom Alliance...
Person, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
1 memorial
Caroline Chisholm
Philanthropist, "The Emigrants' Friend". Born Caroline Jones near Northampton. She followed her husband to India where she became involved in the welfare of the British women there. She carried on ...
1 memorial
Doreen (Dorrit) Collins
Sculptor, artist and co-founder with Eddy Renton of the charity Kith and Kids.
1 memorial
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