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World War Two Resources

World War Two Resources. The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland. Introduction.

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World War Two Resources

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  1. World War Two Resources The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland

  2. Introduction This resource has been produced from archival and local studies sources held at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland. This is the home for historical material relating to all three authorities. The resource is the product of a partnership between the Record Office and a group of teachers. The sources have been divided into nine themes. Each slide contains a title, shows an image of the document, contains an accompanying description which explains what the document shows, where it is, what is happening and its unique reference number. There are 80 slides In total.

  3. The resource is aimed specifically at Keystage 3 pupils who are studying World War Two history but some of the sources could equally well be used at Keystage 2 level. Some of the material lends itself to being cross-curricular and could be used for geography. The examples of the Leicester air raid shelter map and home guard map of Charnwood Forest come to mind. Some Material could also be used for citizenship – I am thinking here of some of the evacuation material, women at war and rationing slides. In order to demonstrate how the material could be used lesson plans are attached which have been produced by Crown Hills and Abington High School on the themes of evacuation, bombing raids and the Leicester blitz.

  4. A record of evacuees who had heath problems at Taylor street primary school

  5. What does this photograph tell you about the Blitz?

  6. Bomb damage in Conduit Street Leicester, 13th July 1941

  7. A B The government censored information. Both photographs below are of the same bomb damage in the same street. Which do you think would have been censored and why?

  8. Where did people shelter from the bombs?

  9. Describe in your book what it would be like to spend the night in an air raid shelter

  10. Lesson plans File File 2

  11. Abington High SchoolKS3 HistoryEvacuation Lessonplan

  12. Table of Contents Slide Numbers • Home front / Home Guard 30-38 • Bombing raids and casualties 39-49 • Evacuation 50-61 • Women at War 62-66 • Rationing 67-73 • Posters 74-79 • Civilian war deaths 80-94 • Military war deaths 95-98 • Military airbases 99-108

  13. HOMEFRONT/HOME GUARD

  14. Schoolboys building air raid shelter Shows a school master supervising the boys at Mantle Road Senior Boys' School, Leicester, as they lay the first course of the front wall of their school air raid shelter. Reference: DE 5028/33/2

  15. Schoolboys building air raid shelter Shows schoolboys at Mantle Road Senior Boys' School, Leicester, watching as the stone recording their construction of the school air raid shelter is placed in position. Reference:DE 5028/33/2

  16. Leicester air raid shelter map Street plan of inner Leicester showing location of public air raid shelters and times of availability. Reference: Misc 702

  17. Messages at ARP County Control Centre Chart writer's report of messages received and transmitted by the ARP (Civil Defence) County Control Centre for Leicestershire recording the confusion on the morning after the Leicester Blitz. Many rescue parties from the county were sent to Leicester's ARP Headquarters at Granby Halls to help in the aftermath of the raid whilst others struggled to cope with unexploded bombs (UBs) around the county. Ref:De 2013/57

  18. Call room occurrence book, Leicester A record of calls received by the Fire Brigade on the night of the 'Leicester Blitz', 19th Nov 1940 between 7.50pm and 11.37pm. As the air raid progressed Auxiliary Fire Service teams from towns around the county rushed into the city to offer assistance at Brigade Headquarters. Reference:10D58/60

  19. ARP Warden's report forms Civil defence measures during World War Two included recruiting volunteers to protect the local population. These reports from the Anstey Civil Defence records illustrate that their work extended beyond enforcing air raid precautions and also involved dealing with air raid damage, fires and contamination. Reference: DE1867/4/19

  20. Home Guard map of Charnwood Forest Ordnance Survey 1 inch map of the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire used by local Home Guard. The letter 'P' marks defensive positions manned nightly by members of the Local Defence Volunteers [later known as Home Guard] and 'G' marks 'static' guards at reservoirs. 'VP' denotes 'vulnerable point' and seems to be particularly applied to bridges. 'LO' marks an observation post manned in times of low visibility. Reference:Misc 1361

  21. Oral history 00405/02/cd/10/025/c25

  22. BOMBING RAIDS AND CASUALTIES

  23. Bomb damage at Conduit Street, Leicester Shows rescue workers salvaging material from a house damaged by bombs probably intended for the nearby railway station on 13th July 1941. This was the last air raid suffered in Leicester. Reference: DE5234/14

  24. Leicester Blitz Souvenir The introduction to a published booklet entitled 'Leicester Blitz Souvenir' which contained 50 official photographs of war damage in Leicester and surrounding area. Includes photograph of burnt out factory of Messrs Freeman, Hardy & Willis, Rutland Street, Leicester which was bombed on 20th Nov 1940. Reference:DE1615/21

  25. Civilian war death form (Front) Official form completed at the mortuary recording the recovery of the body of a twelve year old boy who died with his parents in the Leicester Blitz on 20th Nov 1940. Name digitally removed. Reference:15D70

  26. Civilian war death form (back) Official form completed at the mortuary recording the recovery of the body of a twelve year old boy who died with his parents in the Leicester Blitz on 20th Nov 1940. Lists his personal effects. Reference:15D70

  27. List of civilian casualties in Leicester First page of an alphabetical list of civilian casualties in the County Borough of Leicester, sent to the Medical Officer of Health for correction in September 1949. Reference:15D70

  28. Police Officers at site of flying bomb Shows Police Officers beside a crater made by the only flying bomb (V1 rocket) to land in Leicestershire. It landed at Glebe Farm, Skeffington, Leicestershire on 18th Dec.1944, inflicting only light damage. Reference:DE5491/631/10

  29. Leicester Mercury, 20th November 1940 The front page of The Leicester Mercury published on the day after the 'Leicester Blitz' on 20th Nov 1940 reports the event, including an unidentified photograph of firemen tackling the blaze at the factory of Messrs Freemen, Hardy & Willis in Rutland St, Leicester. Reference: Leicester Mercury November 1940

  30. Bombing of Belton-in-Rutland Photograph of the Black Horse Inn taken from the Leicester Mercury of 26th May 1942 and article researched and written by Audrey Walker reproduced in Belton History Society Journal, vol 2 Autumn 2003

  31. Bombing of Belton-in-Rutland Eyewitness accounts of the bombing of Belton-in-Rutland on 25th May 1942 researched and written by Audrey Walker and reproduced in Belton History Society Journal, Vol 2 Autumn 2003

  32. Bombing of Belton-in-Rutland Report taken from the Leicester Evening Mail dated 26 May 1942 and reproduced in Belton History Society Journal, vol 2 Autumn 2003

  33. EVACUATION

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