Anderson Shelter

Anderson Shelter remaining intact after an air raid on Latham Street, Poplar, London, 1941

Anderson Shelter without earth cover in the Bedford Museum

The Anderson Shelter (German Anderson air raid shelter ) was developed in 1938 in the United Kingdom by William Paterson and Oscar Carl Kerrison as a shelter for air raids during World War II. Its dimensions were: 1.8 m high, 1.4 m wide and 2.0 m long. It consisted of galvanized corrugated iron, was partly buried in the ground and covered with sandbags. It was named after Sir John Anderson , Minister of the Interior and later Lord President of the Council , from 1939 to 1940 , and was mass-produced.

One and a half million copies were made available to households between February 1939 and the outbreak of World War II, and another 2.1 million copies were built during the war.

An indoor alternative was the Morrison shelter .

Individual evidence

^ Solveig Grothe: British Civil Defense A mini bunker like from a furniture store. In: One day. Spiegel online, August 26, 2016
↑ Lawrence James: Warrior Race: A History of the British at War. 2003, page 623.

Web links

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[1] Solveig Grothe: British Civil Defense A mini bunker like from a furniture store. In: One day. Spiegel online, August 26, 2016

[2] Lawrence James: Warrior Race: A History of the British at War. 2003, page 623.