Air Raid Precautions (ARP)
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.
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Better known as the Royal Artillery. By royal warrant of King George I, two companies, each 100 men strong were raised at Woolwich. It now comprises twelve regiments, plus four regiments of the Roy...
Lord Arundell of Wardour
Worked at the Stock Exchange and died in WW2. John Francis Arundell, 16th Baron Arundell of Wardour, only son of Gerald Arthur Arundell, 15th Baron. After Oxford, he became a member of the London ...
Arthur Aslett
Arthur Charles Richard Aslett was born on 17 September 1906, the eldest child of Arthur George Aslett (1882-1941) and Emily Ada Aslett née Burnett (1893-1949). His birth was registered in the Holbo...