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Sherborne Red Warnings

Sherborne Museum has discovered a ledger issued on May 15th 1944, after an arrangement by Mr Freeman of the Town Council and the Sherborne Rural District ARP Controller, to the SHERBORNE RESERVE REPORT CENTRE which reads "All telephonists on duty on an 'alert' should immediately, on manning Reserve Report Centre, send a message to Foys War Nursery Tel. Yetminster 32 [Foys is a large house in the neighbouring village of Chetnole some 6 miles from Sherborne] and Princes Place War Nursery Tel. Yetminster 68 [on the main A37 Yeovil to Dorchester Road] that a 'Red Warning' has been given."

Date	Time	From whom received	Message
Monday 27/3/1944	00:52	Sherborne 525	Air Raid Message White
Sunday 23/4/1944	02:43	Sherborne 525	Air Raid Message White
Monday 24/4/1944	09:58	Sherborne 525	Message from Warden Parish Holwell, Sherborne. A bomb dropped in a field near Pennys Farm, Holwell. They think it is not exploded. There is a small crater but no shrapnel. Wants to know if they should evacuate school. Passed to Police who are acting on it.
Saturday 13/5/1944	10:15	Sherborne 525	Message from N.F.S. Weymouth to N.F.S.Sherborne From Dorset County Council. 1 UXB 250kg [unexploded bomb] at Three Gates [Totnell,Leigh] in a field known as 10 acres, Flamberts Farm, Hilfield.
Sunday 14/5/1944	23:52	Sherborne 525	Air Raid Message White
Monday 15/5/1944	03:15	Sherborne 525	Air Raid Message White
	14:15	Sherborne 525	Report from Sgt. Goodchild. Bomb Reconnaissance Officer, Sherborne Police. 2 unexploded bombs 1000kgs in field at Norman's Farm North Wootton 100yds south of road A3030,map ref 130/082354. Time of falling 0145. Hole of entry approx 2ft. estimated size 1000kgs x 2. Buried ??Kophring?? found in viscinity, colour blue. The ??Kophring?? at Sherborne Police Station. No evacuation. Suggest bomb category C.
May 15th 1944	00:37	Yetminster	Air Raid Warning Red
	01:14	Sherborne	Air Raid Warning Red
May 28th 1944	01:44	Report Centre	Asking for messages - if anything reported
	02:05	Report Centre	Air Message White
	01:35	Yetminster 32	Red Warning
	01:37	Yetminster 68	Red Warning
	02:05	Yetminster 32	White warning
	02:07	Yetminster 68	White warning
May 29th 1944	02:40	Sherborne 525	Air Raid Message White
	01:45	Yetminster 32	Red Warning
	01:47	Yetminster 68	Red Warning
	01:47	Yetminster 32	No reply
	02:43	Yetminster 68	White warning
June 13th 1944	05:24	Yetminster 32	Air Raid Warning Red
	05:26	Yetminster 68	Air Raid Warning Red
June 16th 1944	11:29	Sherborne 525	Air Raid Warning Red
	11:36	Sherborne 525	Air Raid Message White
	11:30	Yetminster 32	Air Raid Warning Red
	11:31	Yetminster 68	Air Raid Warning Red
June 25th 1944	14:25	Sherborne 525	Message from Oborne. Plane crashed by railway line near Oborne RAF plane in flames
July 8th 1944	12:42	Sherborne 525	Lenthay Road South Side. Rumour of a cylinder in field past bungalow on the left. Police informed. From Mr Eason "A" Group
July 12th 1944	16:36	Sherborne 525	Plane blown up East of Sherborne. Police informed
	16:55	Sherborne 525	RAF Training Plane crashed in flames east of Sherborne, lower Sherborne Castleton Lane allotment. Can you send someone out to bring away?
	16:58	Sherborne 525	Police to Sherborne Report Centre - one dead body in Plympton's Yard, Castleton Lane Allotment. Can you send someone out to bring away?
	17:20	Sherborne 525	Mr R.A.R Walker to Sherborne Report Centre Four bodies gone to Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Sherborne
July 13th 1944	09:40	Sherborne 525	Supplementary report Crashed RAF Aircraft now known to be two beau fighters. One trainer crashed in fields in Sherborne. Four RAF bodies taken to Royal Naval Hospital, Sherborne 09.40