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...
Other Subjects
Werner Robert Valentin Picht
German sociologist. An early historian of English settlements. Published 'Toynbee Hall and the English Settlement Movement' in 1913. Werner Robert Valentin Picht was born on 28 September 1887 in B...
Elizabeth Finn
Born to missionary parents in Warsaw. Aged 72 she and her daughter Constance founded the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association. Died at home in Brook Green.
West Hackney Almshouses / Cooke's Rents
Mainly from British History Online we've learnt the following: In 1740 Thomas Cooke, a director of the Bank of England, built almshouses, Cooke’s Rents, for 8 poor families with small children, and...
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 ...
Southern Housing Group
Initially the Samuel Lewis Housing Trust, set up after the death of the founder in 1901. Their first housing development was in Liverpool Road, Islington. From their website: "As one of southern E...
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