William Daubney
Air Raid Warden in the Air Raid Precautions Service
He was a fitter's labourer in 1911, a basket maker in 1921 and an unemployed night watchman by 1939. He was an ARP warden when killed.
William was a maintenance fitter's labourer at the Co - Op bakery so he would have been there working as normal during his night shift. When the air raid began, he would have taken shelter with other workers in the basement air raid shelter, but he would now be acting in his role as a "voluntary First Aid Party member with the Air Raid Precautions Service. He would only have performed this role at the Co Op as this was the organisation that had recruited and provided the equipment for the various elements of the ARP at their works. E.g. Air Raid Wardens, first aiders and also the Home Guard unit that was recruited and based there.
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William Daubney was the husband of Clara Daubney, who worked as a lace hand, and father of Mabel, Clara, Ethel, Winifred and Doris Daubney. In 1911, they lived at 2, Leopold Place, Pierrepont Street, Sneinton. Nottingham and had moved to 32, Leopold Street by 1921. At the time of William’s death, the family home was at 17, Cosby Road, Meadow Lane, Nottingham.
Nottingham Evening Post, 9/5/1942, Page 2, In Memoriam: DAUBNEY William, killed by enemy action, May 8th- 9th 1941. – Sorrowing wife and family. Grave Reference: Wilford Hill: G30/3 Buried May 26th 1941
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Photo David Needham