Special Constable John Ashmore

	General experience.
	This page: includes inventory.

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Home Security Circular on dealing with incendiary leaves believed to be in use by the enemy

Inventory of the Donation

• Special Constable's uniform
• Eyeshields, Anti-gas, Mk. 11.
• Silver buttons
• 'Daily Sketch' newspaper, 1938
• Constabulary note books
• Occurrence book
• Book of circulars, procedures etc.
• Recipe book, 'Good Fare: a Book of Wartime Recipes'
• HMSO booklet, 'Police War Duties Manual'
• ID card
• Special Constabulary Handbook
• The Home Guard Pocket Manual
• Certificates - Anti-Gas Training, Air Raid Precautions and St John Ambulance first aid
• Typescript notice of retirement
• Notice of release from service
• Letter to newspapers telling of retirement and length of service
• Photographs

Certificate of Anti-Gas Training 1939

Special permission to wear gum boots, issued as a protection against poison gas, in inclement weather

The striped bands were part of the pre-war uniform of a special policeman - a blue striped shirt and the band worn over a normal jacket, as in the photograph on the left.

Medical Kit

Components of the medical kit displayed on the right are:

• Ointment. Anti-Gas no. 2. Apply freely to affected portion of skin
• Wound dressing. Standard dressing no. 8
• First Field Dressing. Contents: 2 dressings in waterproof covers each consisting of a gauze pad stitched to a bandage plus a safety pin
• Outfit Anti-dimming Mk. V. Instructions for use: Clean eyepiece with cloth provided. Breathe on eyepiece and apply a little compound evenly with the finger. Breathe on eyepiece again and polish VERY lightly with the cloth so that a thin, even film of the compound remains

	General experience.
	This page: includes inventory.