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Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 883 Send Message	Gillian	Report	27 Mar 2019 13:23
Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 883 Send Message	hi my husband father was in the civil defence ww2 does anybody know if he can find pictures or any info about him? many thanks
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 422 Send Message	Maddie	Report	27 Mar 2019 16:14
	if he is on1939 register might say if he was and will give you the area. You can google to see if any records for that area
Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 883 Send Message	Gillian	Report	27 Mar 2019 17:04
Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 883 Send Message	hi maddie thanks for reply we think he was in Essex? will look on the register and see what we can find
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 6 889 Send Message	RolloTheRed	Report	27 Mar 2019 18:54
	Civil defence volunteers got an ARP air raid protection badge. I still have the sterling silver one of my GF but from about end 1940 they were of base metal. CD was run entirely at the local level with varying levels of bureaucracy. FMP had some CD records on line but mostly they are lost. You could try the v efficient Essex Archive service. Lights out!
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