This database comprises 152,303 civil defence records from the City of Westminster, primarily from the two main report centres located at City Hall and Victoria Library.
The records focus on the civilian experience and civil defence operations, and include: employment records, incident reports (detailing enemy action and post-raid damage), rationing records, personal papers, applications to volunteer for Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) services, mixed correspondence from field workers, and photographs (which may only be found by browsing the collection’s images)
Depending on the record type, you may be able to find: full name, nationality, age, and birth date, address, occupation, employment start and end dates, military service date, rank, and unit, casualty date and place, death date and place, and the name and relationship of a relative. However, many records contain scant information, such as meeting minutes that refer to a person only as “Mr. Smith.”
Sounds like a fascinating collection – crossing my fingers I find someone from my family therein…