Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service January 1942.

Date                Time   Location         Damage

08/01/1942    Found  Billericay      1 – exploded British Smoke float found in a field

500 yards South West of Downham Church.  No damage or casualties.  Time and date of falling not known.

14/01/1942    21.30  Foulness       1 – H.E exploded on the foreshore.  No casualties. 

Slight damage to windows of Government property.

30/01/1942    18.30  Barling           A torn and deflated Naval Kite grounded in a field

500 yards South of Mucking Hall Farmhouse and 300 yards West of Mucking Hall Road.  Inscribed Mk. 6-29509X – AAD/AB2- R.N. – “Smokey Joe”.  RAF informed  (Removed by Naval Authority 3.2.42).

30/01/1942    18.30  Pitsea             A Naval Kite Balloon grounded at junction of

Northlands Drive and Rosemary Drive.  No damage or casualties.  Removed to Scotch Bakery.  Naval Control informed.

SUBJECT.  INSPECTION OF KIT AND EQUIPMENT.                         Capt Benham

TO Troop Commanders.

TROOP COMMANDERS WILL CARRY OUT AN INSPECTION OF ALL N.C.O.s AND MENS KIT.  ATTENTION MUST BE PAID TO THE FOLLOWING

ANTI GAS Equipment &Clothing, All Ranks to be in Possession of –

Respirator Mk 5…..1                        Wallets A/G ……1

Container Type “A” 1                       Flannelette……..2 pieces

Mk VI                                                  Cotton Waste…..4 ozs

Eyeshields A/G……6                      Capes A/G………1

Gloves A/G Prs ……1                      Detectors Individual 1 Pair.

Detectors Gas Ground… All Officers and N.C.O.’s … 1 Pad.

Detectors Paper Arthur……. Pads of 25…. 100 G.P.C.’s & G.P.O.’s.

Outfits A/Dimming…… 1 per Man.

Ointment A/G No 2……2 per Man.

Ointment A/G No 2……10 per Troop for Bren & A/T Rifle.

Discs Identity.

One Red & One Green Per Officer and other Rank.

Officers – Personal No. Rank Initials, Name & Religious denomination.

Other Ranks – No Initials, Name & Religious denomination.

Ear stoppers.

ON NO ACCOUNT WILL THE UNIT BE STAMPED ON DISCS.

Kit, Home Scale.

All Ranks should be in possession of full Kit-Home Scale.

Tropical Kit – All Ranks will be issued with –

Trousers Tropical Drill…..1 prs.                 Buttons G.S…………..9

Shorts          “        “   ……1 prs                  Hooks G.S…………….2

Shirts            “        “   ……2.                      Buckles (shorts) ..……2

Hose Tops prs……………1.                       Helmets (Tropical)……1

Putties short prs………….1.                       Chin Straps…………..1

Jackets Drill………………1.                       Sea Kit Bag…………..1

Marking of Baggage.

All Kit Bags will be Marked with 3 YELLOW BAR with Serial No 1433.

Vehicles –

In white on the Offside Front Wing in front of the Side Lamp M/Cs on extension of the Front Mudguard.

Gun Stores etc –

All U/S articles and articles Deficient, will be issued as soon as these articles are drawn from the R.Q.M.S.

Suits A/G.

Dr and Fitters etc, All Troops should be in possession of 6 suits of protective Clothing H.G.24.  These have been Issued.

Check Rifle Oil Bottles – Fill With oil Bren & A/T Rifles.

All Men for Over Sea Service must be in possession of One New Pair of Boots and one good repair pair.

Signed C.A. Shirley Capt R.A.

10^th Field Bty R.A.

Rank and Name	Kit	A/Gas	Inspections	A.B. 64	Identity discs
Medical	Rifle	Equipment
B.S.M. Bax
Sgt Hipwell
Sgt Fowles
Sgt Grey
Sgt Fox
Sgt Cook
Bdr Bugler
Bdr Brannan
Bdr Brannagan
Bdr Onions
Bdr Ellis
Bdr Murray
Bdr Avery
L/Bdr Head
L/Bdr Bell
L/Bdr Watson
Gnr Appleton
Gnr Bruce
Gnr Baker Gnr Beechy
Gnr Burlong
Gnr Conroy
Gnr Connelly
Gnr Clare Gnr Crilly
Gnr Carmichael
Gnr Davies
Gnr Foster
Gnr Forrest
Gnr Green
Gnr Graves
Gnr Heys
Gnr Harris
Gnr Nunn
Gnr Offer A
Gnr Offer S
Gnr Southern
Gnr Hammond
Gnr Askew
Gnr Milliard
Dvr Chatfield
Dvr Deabill
Dvr Evans
Dvr Elliot
Dvr Hutchinson
Dvr Head
Dvr Lythgoe
Dvr Sleigh
Dvr Sutton
Dvr Wilson
L/Bdr Few
Bdr Cathcart