19th August Cosham, traffic terminated operating B. DETAILED SUMMARY OF AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE PERIOD 19TH-26TH AUGUST, 1942. I. HOMELESS. During the night of August 22nd, bombs were dropped at Boston (Lincs.) and two rest centres were opened to accommodate 150 people. At Ramsey (Hunts.) both rest centres were put out of action on 22nd August. Fifty people were made homeless and it has not been reported what steps were taken to accommodate these. At Ventnor on 18th August a rest centre was opened but the number of people accommodated is not stated.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/23/118
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/23
- Former Department Reference
- ARD(42) 35
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.118
- Keywords
- Air Raids Bomb Damage Drainage Electricity Factories Food Supplies Gas Homelessness Housing Infrastructure Oil Postal Communications Public Health Railways Rest Centres Retail Roads Sanitation Sewerage Water Supply
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Alresford Boston Bournemouth Cosham Fareham Folkestone Hastings Hythe Norwich Portslade-by-Sea Ramsey Shanklin Stoke-on-Trent Swanage Ventnor Wellingborough Winchester
- Organizations Discussed
- Air Raid Damage Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Bombing Industry Infrastructure Damage to Property Disruption to Services
