| Description | Papers relating to the finances of the Auxiliary Fire Service during the Second World War.
Includes: Advice of Payment forms from central government for reimbursement of pay of Auxiliary Fire Service Volunteers and Exchequer Grants payable under Section 8 of the Air-Raid Precautions Act, 1937 (1939 - 1944); Statement of Estimated Expenditure during the first six months of financial year 1940-41, for purposes of air-raid fire precautions (form ARP 40F/1, June 1940); Statement of Expenditure during first six months of financial year 1940-41, and of estimated expenditure for purposes of air-raid fire precautions (form 40F/2, December 1940); copy of a letter from the Clerk of Whiston Rural District Council to the Fire Brigades Division of the Home Office regarding payment of an honorarium to the Chief Officer of the Whiston Fire Brigade (January 1941); Schedule of vehicles used by the National Fire Service and transferred from Whiston R.D.C. on 1 July 1941; form detailing the pay of whole-time auxiliary fire service personnel and ancillary items (September 1941); handwritten notes and calculations; correspondence with the Ministry of Home Security and the Fire Service Department of the Home Office, London, regarding payments (1942-1944); quarterly summaries of receipts and payments (1941-1942); copy of a letter from the Chairman of Whiston R.D.C. to members of H.M. Forces from the Whiston district forwarding postal orders to all of them (May 1943); correspondence with the National Fire Service regarding repairs to hydrants (April 1946). |