Albert Keetley
ARP warden with the Air Raid Precautions Service.
He was a baker.
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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Albert was the husband of Hilda Keetley and the father of John A Keetley. They lived at 5, Lavender Street, St Ann's, Nottingham.
Nottingham Evening Post, 9/5/1942, Page 2, In Memoriam: KEETLEY – Albert, May 10th 1941. In loving memory of my dear husband. Wife Hilda and son John. KEETLEY – In loving memory of Albert killed by enemy action, May 9th 1941. N.C.S. Brother Frank, sister in law Hazel. Grave Reference: Wilford Hill: T31/67B Buried May 13th 1941
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Air Raid Precautions Service badge
Photo David Needham