This User Guide attempts to provide a summary of a selection of records held at Tyne and Wear Archives Service, which relate to events in Tyne and Wear, during the Second World War, 1939-45. It is by no means exhaustive.
Some records have restrictions on access.
Please note it is not normally possible to produce unlisted collections for consultation in the Searchroom. The establishment of the A.R.P. group and various other forms of home guard provided invaluable civil defence. This collection of accessions gives not only information on the A.R.P. and home guard, but also bomb damage and war casualties as the A.R.P. kept records of these throughout the war. County Borough Council records including A.R.P., 1938-45. Cooperative Society papers re Joint A.R.P. Sub Committee, 1941-1944.