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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/203
AltRefNoFile no. 116
TitleMr Shearcroft
DescriptionMr Shearcroft was the gas identification officer for the county. He was a teacher at The King's School, Peterborough and taught chemistry. He was a most active member of the ARP organisation, instructing classes in gas identification, and other aspects, and dealing with respirators, anti-gas precautions, and casualties. He worked in the north of the county, mainly at Fletton and Norman Cross. Notes on report centre organisation, Fletton and Norman Cross divisions. Notes on unexploded bombs. Notes on reporting air raid damage. Report on gas raid exercise at Fletton, 15 April 1940. Notes on uniforms. Digest of report centre organisation and procedure. Mr Shearcroft's reports on exercises and training exercises. Apart from these notes, the file is made up by correspondence between Mr Shearcroft and the ARP officer. He appears to have been a prolific letter writer, and a man of much energy and organising ability.
DateNovember 1939-October 1941
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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