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Civil Defence and War Damage During World War 2

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The following article was available only on paper in The National Archives' reading rooms. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject. It is not comprehensive, but may provide the basis for research among the records. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date so feel free to edit this page to improve the information.

1 Cabinet Office
2 General Register Office
3 Home Office
4 Inland Revenue
5 Land Tribunal
6 London Gazette
7 Ministry of Food
8 Ministry of Health
9 Ministry of Housing and Local Government
10 Ministry of Home Security
11 Ministry of Information
12 Ministry of Labour
13 Ministry of Power
14 Ministry of Production
15 Ministry of Works
16 Prime Minister’s Office
17 War Office

[edit] Cabinet Office

CAB 65	War Cabinet Minutes	1939-1945
CAB 66	War Cabinet Memoranda WP and CP Series	1939-1945
CAB 67	War Cabinet Memoranda WP(G) Series	1939-1941
CAB 68	War Cabinet Memoranda WP(R) Series	1939-1942
CAB 73	War Cabinet Committees on Civil Defence	1939-1957
CAB 100	War Cabinet Daily Situation Reports	1939-1945
CAB 102	Official War Histories, Civil	1939-1945
CAB 120	Minister of Defence: Secretariat Files	1938-1947

[edit] General Register Office

RG 23	Social Survey Reports and Papers, (Papers of the Social Survey Division of the Ministry of Information)	1941-1978
RG 26/19	Civilian Deaths due to War Operations	1940-1945

[edit] Home Office

HO 45	Registered Papers, (Section on Civil Defence)	1839-1971
HO 158/31-37	Circulars (Indexed)	1938-1945
HO 250	Interdepartmental Committee on Civil Defence Gallantry Awards, (Contains all recommendations for gallantry awards to civilians for these dates. There is no nominal index.)	1940-1949
HO 341	Communication Files, (Relates to the Provision of Wireless Telegraphy facilities to the Police, Fire and Civil Defence Services.)	1935-1969
HO 356	Establishment Division, (Includes files of the Ministry of Home Security)	1908-1957

[edit] Inland Revenue

IR 33	War Damage Commission and Central Land Branch: Minutes and Papers	1941-1964
IR 34	War Damage Commission and Central Land Branch: Policy files	1941-1964
IR 36	War Damage Commission and Central Land Branch: Miscellaneous files	1940-1976
IR 37	War Damage Commission and Central Land Branch: Regional files	1940-1970
IR 38	War Damage Commission and Central Land Branch: Instructions, Orders etc.	1941-1968
IR 39	War Damage Commission and Central Land Branch: Establishment and General Files	1941-1977

[edit] Land Tribunal

LT 1	War Damage (Valuation Appeals) Panel: Case Files	1946-1973
LT 2	War Damage (Valuation Appeals) Panel: Register of Cases	1946-1961

[edit] London Gazette

ZJ 1/928-1015	London Gazette	Sept 1939 - Dec 1946

[edit] Ministry of Food

MAF 152	War History Papers	1914-1962
MAF 313	Rationing Arrangements	1939-1964

[edit] Ministry of Health

MH 10/143-155	Circulars	1939-1945
MH 76	Emergency Medical Services	1935-1953
MH 79	100,000 Series Files, (Contains Papers originally Registered with a Security Classification)	1938-1946

[edit] Ministry of Housing and Local Government

(Papers transferred from the Ministry of Health)

HLG 7	Special War Time Functions	1925-1954
HLG 108	Public Health Administration Files	1920-1966

[edit] Ministry of Home Security

HO 186	Air Raid Precautions	1939-1950
HO 187	Fire Brigades Division and Fire Service Department	1912-1970
HO 191	Research and Experiment Department, (Includes papers on air attacks on United Kingdom)	1925-1950
HO 192	Research and Experiment Department, (Includes papers on air attacks on United Kingdom)	1939-1948
HO 193	Bomb Census Maps	1939-1945
HO 198	Bomb Census Papers	1939-1945
HO 199	Intelligence Branch	1939-1950
HO 200	Tube Shelter Committee	1940-1945
HO 201	Key Points Intelligence Directorate	1939-1948
HO 202	War Room Reports	1940-1945
HO 203	Daily Intelligence Reports	1939-1945
HO 204	Regional Circulars	1940-1945
HO 2O5	‘O’ Division Correspondence and Papers, Relates to Air Raid Shelters)	1934-1956
HO 2O6	Regional Technical Adviser’s and Regional Works Adviser’s Files	1939-1950
HO 207	Civil Defence Regions Files	1935-1945
HO 208	Air Raid Precautions and Home Security Circulars	1939-1945
HO 209	Fire Services London Region	1939-1945
HO 212	Experiments Assessment Committee	1939-1945
HO 216	Air Raid Precautions and Research Experiments Departments, Miscellaneous Committee Records	1937-1944
HO 315	Bomb Damage Map Tracings	1940-1945
HO 333	Internal Notices, (Includes Home Office Notices)	1938-1987

[edit] Ministry of Information

INF 2	Guard Books and Unregistered Papers	1939-1978
INF 3	Original Art Work	1939-1946
INF 6	Film Production Documents	1931-1985
INF 13	Posters, Publications, 1939-1988
INF 14	Photographs, 1939-1979