29th October 1914 COUNTY PREPARES EMERGENCY MEASURES A Central - TopicsExpress



          

29th October 1914 COUNTY PREPARES EMERGENCY MEASURES A Central Organising Committee is set up at a meeting at Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, to co-ordinate Local Emergency Committees with a mandate to organise the movement or destruction of livestock, transport, stores, crops and the movement of civilians in the event of an invasion. On 16th October 1914, the Home Office issues a confidential memorandum: Instructions for the Guidance of the Civil Population in the event of belligerent operations in the United Kingdom to Lord Lieutenants of a number of counties, including Kent. With Kents proximity to the continent, there are strong fears of a possible invasion in the county. Representatives from around the county attend a meeting on 29th October at County Hall, Maidstone, chaired by Lord Harris, Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Kent. For further information see the correspondence concerning the setting up of the Central Organising Committee and Local Emergency Committees. These documents are held in the Kent History & Library Centre, Maidstone: Find out more
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