| Description | Papers and correspondence regarding Whiston Rural District Council Officers undertaking National Service duties during wartime and exemption of some officers from the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, 1939.
Includes: correspondence with the Ministry of Health, London, concerning officers with national service duties or who have commitments with any of H.M. Forces (1939); correspondence with both Lancashire County Council, Preston, and the Lancashire and Cheshire Provincial Council for the Professional, Technical, Administrative, and Clerical Services of Local Authorities, Manchester, concerning procedures, terms and conditions of officers undertaking national service (1939-1940); correspondence with individuals and interested parties regarding payment of local government salaries and allowances while undertaking national service (1939-1940); correspondence with the Ministry of Labour and National Service, Prescot, regarding the Local Government Staffs (War Services) Act, 1939 (1940); correspondence with the National Association of Local Government Officers, London, concerning temporary appointments and evacuation of areas (1940); correspondence with the Ministry of Home Security, London, regarding an application for the release of a local government officer from being called up for national service (1940) and similar with the Ministry of Health, London (1942); correspondence with the Air Raid Precautions Department, Preston, regarding the obligations of A.R.P. Personnel and forms listing numbers of personnel involved (1940); Ministry of Labour and National Service Handbook (1941); correspondence with the Rural District Councils Association (RDCA), London, regarding the depletion of staff following the National Service (Armed Forces) Acts (1941); correspondence with the RDCA, Ministry of Labour, Prescot, and Ministry of Health, Manchester, regarding women employed by WRDC affected by the Registration for Employment Order, 1941 (1941-1942); copy of the Local Government Service journal (Jul 1943); tables with details of WRDC staff undertaking National Service (c. 1943); circulars and guidance regarding the rehabilitation and resettlement of local government officers returning to duty after the War (1945); report concerning officers being overpaid in their wartime allowances and correspondence with Lancashire County Council regarding this (1946). |