Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• 1. Preparations for War 1935 - 1939
• 2. Wares Wartime Guests - Evacuees
• 3. The Blackout and Air Raid Sirens
• 4. Air Raid Precautions and Civil Defence
• 5. The Report and Control Centre, the Wardens and Air Raid Shelters
• 6. First Aid and Rescue Services
• 7. The Fear of Gas Attack
• 8. Bombs on Ware
• 9. The Fire Services
• 10. Law and Order
• 11. The Home Front
• 12. The War Effort
• 13. Paying for the War
• 14 Women at War
• 15. Schools and Youth Services
• 16. The Armed Services and Defence of Ware
• 17. 'Dad's Army' - The Local Defence Volunteers and Home Guard
• 18. Ware's War Book or the Parish invasion Plan
• 19. The Call to Arms
• 20. 'Our Boys and Girls' - service men and women from Ware
• 21. Victory
• 22. The War Memorial and Hall Saga
• 23. Roll of Honour of Ware's Men and Women
• Appendix 1: Civil Defence Establishment and volunteers in Fe 1938
• Appendix 2: Civil Defence Establishment and actual strength in 1939
• Appendix 3: Revised civil Defence Establishment and strengths 1941/44
• Appendix 4: Ambulances and Drivers
• Appendix 5: Staff at First Aid & Ambulance posts in September 1939
• Appendix 6: First Aid Headquarters duty rota for Sundays 1939/40/41
• Appendix 7: Members of First Aid Ambulance section 28th January 1942
• Appendix 8: AFS members in 1940
• Appendix 9: Food Control Committee August 1939
• Appendix 10: Dates St. Mary's Junior Girls School went into shelters
• Appendix 11: Ware Home Guard
• Appendix 12: Air Training Corps