Imperial War Museum

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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. 

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