| Description | E Gray police number 179.
Cover states 'Norton Station, Driffield Division, Commenced 17 July 1939' however the entries are from a later date and appear to be mainly for the mid Holderness area.
Comprises messages sent and received regarding local and national police work, air raid warnings, bombs and shells, barrage balloons shot down, car accidents, escaped prisoners of war, thefts, sightings of parachutists, stolen bicycles.
Also includes:
Report of an RAF pigeon found at Ellerby, 3 Dec 1942
Newborn baby abandoned at rear of District Nursing Maternity Home Centre, Albion Street, Hull, 26 Dec 1942
Murder of Frederick Thorrold in Hull near Ferensway Bus Station, 29 Dec 1942
Reporting UXB (unexploded bomb) at Dowthorpe Hall, Skirlaugh, 4 Jan 1943, turns out to be an AA shell
Man seen in a parachute over Hull Road, Aldbrough, last seen at Burton Constable woods, 7 Jan 1943
Hornsea Coastguard Patrol find a small rubber dinghy off the coast, 5 Mar 1943
The military camp at Skirlaugh Railway station is closed as the police need to look round, 14 May 1943
A pig jumped out of a trailer at Main Street, Long Riston, 8 Jun 1943
Send a fire engine to Skirlaugh Railway Station as the embankment is on fire. 5 Jul 1943
Hole on road side near Withernwick Grange, possible shell hole, 15 Jul 1943
'You will play in cricket match on Thursday 22nd July 1943, at Yapham. Bus leaves Beverley at 1.50 pm' 19 Jul 1943
Unexploded AA shell at Whins Farm, Long Riston, 25 Jul 1943
Phosphorous bomb at Rise, 31 Jul 1943
Search for crashed aircraft near Rise, found near Sigglesthorne, 12 Aug 1943
Archive reference 158-EF-0041 |