Hull History Centre: ARP/CD Control and report services C TYA ARP/CD Control and report services 1940-1946 Historical Background: The Control and Report services had many duties but their main function was to receive and co-ordinate information relating to enemy action received from wardens, police and other services; to despatch casualty and other services to incidents; and to keep Group & Regional Headquarters informed of operations and damage to special premises, road blockages and other matters affecting the movement of Civil Defence parties and troops. Custodial history: Transferred from the Guildhall basement to the Hull City Archives when it was created in 1967. Description: This collection holds incident files containing copies of all messages, reports and correspondence received with reference to each incident; an alphabetical index of streets showing the date and raid numbers which affected them; a register of air raid warnings showing times of warnings and all clear and notification of both to Public Cleansing, City Engineers, Broadcast Relay, Chief Warden and the Town Clerk; a register of reports of unexploded bombs, unexploded parachute mines and unexploded anti-aircraft shells; a register of messages received from the Royal Observer Corps of York relating to alarm tests and warnings with details of the duration of industrial alarms; a file of reports on unexploded bombs [1942-1946] and Alderman L. Schultz’ personal files [2 files, 1941-1942] Extent: 18 boxes Related material: Hull History Centre has a considerable number of records relating to the Second World War. Please refer to the source guide for more information. Access Conditions: Access will be granted to any accredited reader C TYA/1-86 Air Raid Incident Files 19 Jun 1940- These raid files contain copies of all messages, reports 17 Mar 1945 and correspondence received from personnel with reference to each incident and record the type of bomb, date, time and location of incident and damage caused. Each bombing raid was given a number and all incidents for a particular raid are contained within a file(s) relating to that raid. For instance, all incidents which occured during the night of June 19th/20th 1940 can be found within the Raid 1 records at C TYA/1. The covering dates refer to the date of the raid but in some instances the files contain ongoing correspondence from incidents from earlier raids. In these cases the dates of the correspondence are included in the description. 452 files © Hull History Centre Page 1 of 18 Hull History Centre: ARP/CD Control and report services C TYA/1 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 1 19–20 Jun 1940 Streets affected: Alaska Street, Arundel Street, Barnsley Street, Buckingham Street, Cornwall Street, Dansom Lane, Durham Street, Fordyke Stream (Railway bridge), Holderness Road, Jalland Street, Marfleet Lane, Mersey Street, Nornabell Street, Severn Street, Sherburn Street, Tanfield Grove, Tyne Street, Victor Street 11 files C TYA/2 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 2 25-26 Jun 1940 Streets affected: Chamberlain Road, East Park, Faraday Street, Holderness Road, James Reckitt Avenue, Kelvin Street, Laburnum Avenue, Lee Street, Lodge Street, Summergangs Road, Westcott Street 7 files C TYA/3 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 3 30 Jul 1940 Streets affected: Great Passage Street, Nile Street, Porter Street 4 files C TYA/4 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 4 24 Aug 1940 Streets affected: Barmston Street, Buckingham Street, Castle Street, Chanterlands Avenue, Eastbourne Street, Holderness Road, Holland Street, Morrill Street, National Avenue, Northumberland Avenue, Rensburg Street, Rustenburg Street, Severn Street, Wharram Street 11 files C TYA/5 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 5 26 Aug 1940 Streets affected: Alexandra Dock, Earles Road 5 files C TYA/6 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 6 28 Aug 1940 Streets affected: Abbey Street, Bellamy Street, Drypool (Goods Station), Hedon Road 1 file C TYA/7 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 7 30 Aug 1940 Streets affected: Bellamy Street, Ganstead Lane, Victoria Dock, Williamson Street 4 files C TYA/8 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 8 3 Sep 1940 Area affected: River East of King George Dock 2 files C TYA/9 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 9 5 Sep 1940 Streets affected: Dalton Street, Hodgson Street, Lambwath Road, Tower Street 2 files © Hull History Centre Page 2 of 18 Hull History Centre: ARP/CD Control and report services C TYA/10 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 10 6 Sep 1940 Streets affected: Chamberlain Road, Cleveland Street, East Park, Glasshouse Row, Highfield (Sutton), Hodgson Street, James Reckitt Avenue, Lambwath Road, Sutton Railway Bridge, Tower Street, Wawne Road, West Carr Lane 10 files C TYA/11 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 11 11 Sep 1940 Streets affected: Berkeley Street, Beverley Road, Finsbury Street, Grantley Grove, Kelvin Street, Margaret Street, Providence Row, Steynburg Street,Telford Street, Woodgate Road 4 files C TYA/12 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 12 24 Sep 1940 Streets affected: Bellfield Avenue, Harewood Avenue, Hopewell Road, Maybury Road 1 file C TYA/13 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 13 13 Oct 1940 Streets affected: Bankside, Clough Road, Kathleen Road, Maxwell Street, Morley Street, Sculcoates, Stoneferry Road, Woodhall Street 4 files C TYA/14 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 14 22 Oct 1940 Streets affected: Silverdale Road, Strathmore Avenue, Sutton Road 5 files C TYA/15 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 15 1 Nov 1940 Streets affected: Delhi Street, Frodsham Street, Hedon Road, Marfleet Avenue, Marfleet Lane 5 files C TYA/16 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 16 7 Nov 1940 Streets affected: Bilton Grove, Flinton Grove, Foston Grove, Hilston Grove, Mappleton Grove, Marfleet Lane, Preston Road, St. Johns Grove 2 files C TYA/17 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 17 8 Nov 1940 Streets affected: Ancaster Avenue, Bricknell Avenue, Cottingham Road, Cranbrook Avenue, Fairfax Avenue, Ferens Avenue, Kenilworth Avenue, Newland Park, Salmon Grove 6 files © Hull History Centre Page 3 of 18 Hull History Centre: ARP/CD Control and report services C TYA/18 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 18 11 Nov 1940 Streets affected: Holderness Road, Marfleet Lane, Maybury Road 2 files C TYA/19 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 19 12 Dec 1940 Streets affected: Bankside, Chariot Street, Craven Street, Dansom Lane, Foster Street, Fountain Road, Hodgson Street, Mulgrave Street, Spyvee Street, Whitby Street, Wincolmlee 2 files C TYA/20 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 20 12 Dec 1940 Streets affected: Abbey Street, Air Street, Alfred Gelder Street, City Square [Queen Victoria Square], Commercial Road, Dock Street, Morley Street, Northumberland Avenue, Paragon Street, Pemberton Street, Princes Dock Side, Queens Gardens, Railway Dock, Sculcoates, Stoneferry Road, Vernon Street, Victoria Square, Waterworks Street, Whitefriargate 7 files C TYA/21 Air Raid Incident File - Raid 21 17 Dec 1940 Streets affected: Greek Street, Woodlands Road 1 file C TYA/22 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 22 4 Feb 1941 Streets affected: Goddard Avenue 4 files C TYA/23 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 23 11 Feb 1941 Streets affected: Jalland Street 2 files C TYA/24 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 24 14-15 Feb 1941 Streets affected: Central Street, Cobden Place, Fountain Road, Glasshouse Row, Main Street, Pickering Road, Wincolmlee, Woodhall Street 5 files C TYA/25 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 25 16 Feb 1941 Streets affected: Hedon Road, King George Dock 2 files C TYA/26 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 26 22-23 Feb 1941 Streets affected: Aldborough Grove, Ellerby Grove, Rowlston Grove 12 files © Hull History Centre Page 4 of 18 Hull History Centre: ARP/CD Control and report services C TYA/27 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 27 23-24 Feb 1941 Streets affected: Albert Avenue, Clough Road, De La Pole Avenue, Hedon Road, Leads Road 9 files C TYA/28 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 28 25 Feb 1941 Streets affected: Bainton Grove, Kirby Street, Priory Road 4 files C TYA/29 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 29 26 Feb 1941 Mine dropped 23/24 Feb 1941 which sank lighters Monarch and Brakelu 4 files C TYA/30 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 30 1-2 Mar 1941 Streets affected: Holderness Road, James Reckitt Avenue, Priory Road, Rockford Avenue, Summergangs Road 9 files C TYA/31 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 31 4 Mar 1941 Streets affected: Cottingham Road, Northumberland Avenue, Wincolmlee 2 files C TYA/32 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 32 13-14 Mar 1941 Streets affected: 8th Avenue, 9th Avenue, 29th Avenue, Bentley Grove, Carlton Avenue, Cottingham Road, Green Close, Lonsborough Street, Loveridge Avenue, Marton Grove, Northumberland Avenue, St. Paul's Street, Village Road MISSING C TYA/33 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 33 14-15 Mar 1941 MISSING C TYA/34 Air Raid Incident Files - Raid 34 19 Mar 1941 Streets affected: 4th Avenue, 5th Avenue, 6th Avenue, 9th Avenue, 15th Avenue, 18th Avenue, 19th Avenue, 29th Avenue, 31st Avenue, 38th Avenue, Abbey Street, Ada's Avenue, Air Street, Albert Avenue, Alexandra Dock, Alliance Avenue, Anlaby Road, Argyle Street, Auckland Avenue, Beech Grove, Belmont Street, Bentley Grove, Beverley Road, Beverley High Road, Boothferry Road, Botanic Crossing, Boulevard School, Bricknell Avenue, Brunswick Terrace, Cannon Street, Catherine Street, Chamberlain Road, Chanterlands Avenue, Charterhouse Lane, Claremont Avenue, Clarence Street, Cleveland Street, Clough Road, Cottingham Road, Cranbrook Avenue, Dalton Street, Dansom Lane, De La Pole Avenue, Delaware Avenue, © Hull History Centre Page 5 of 18 Hull History Centre: ARP/CD Control and report services