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Eric Rudolph Weeden-Roberts
Civil Defence ARP
from:28 Hawkesfield Rd, Forest Hill, London
My father, Eric Weeden-Roberts, served in the ARP in the Forest Hill area of south London, whilst my mother and sister - and eventually, I - lived in the country away from the bombing. Our house was hit with an incendiary bomb. My father slept downstairs on a camp bed, at the ready to go out when needed. Like many people of his generation he didn't speak much of his war-time experiences, but it was always assumed that being in the ARP was often more dangerous than serving in one of the three services. I wish I knew more.