Civil Defence Department

The Civil Defence Department was a governmental agency within the Home Office of the United Kingdom responsible for civil defence.^[1] The Department led to the establishment during 1957 of the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation. On the run-down of civil defence in 1971 the department was replaced by the Home Defence and Emergency Services Division of the Home Office.

The senior official of the department was the Director-General of Civil Defence, also known as the Inspector-General. It oversaw 12 Civil Emergency Regions.^[1]

Administration

Senior Officials of the Civil Defence Department

Office	Member	Tenure
Director-General of Civil Defence	General Sir Sidney Kirkman, GCB KBE MC	1954–1960
Director-General of Civil Defence Training	Wing Commander Sir John Hodsoll, CB	1948–1954
Inspector-General of Civil Defence	Wing Commander Sir John Hodsoll, CB	1938–1948
	Lieutenant-General Sir William Stratton	1960–1962
	Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Merton, GBE KCB	1964–1968
Secretary	Sir William Brown, KCB KCMG CBE	c. 1944
Deputy Under Secretary of State	F L T Graham-Harrison, CB	1963–1974
Under Secretary	Harold Emmerson	1940–1942
	Oswald C. Allen, CB CBE