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A Civil Defence Warden inspects bomb damaged buildings in Holborn, London. (IWM Neg: TR 1928)
A Civil Defence Warden inspects bomb damaged buildings in Holborn, London. (IWM Neg: TR 1928)

Civilians served in many different capacities and organisations on the Home Front.  It is often quite difficult to trace people’s service in these because frequently records were not kept centrally. 

This is an evolving section and new categories will be added in future.