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SUDBURY CAMP INSPECTED

... Office of the Ministry of Labour, Nottingham, to-day inspected Sudbury Camp, which was vacated yesterday by No. 14 Civil Resettlement Unit and transferred to the Ministry. It is to be used as a rehabilitation centre and a Government training centre for ...

Published: Tuesday 05 November 1946
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 64 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HOUSING SITES INSPECTED

... No. Civil Resettlement Unit, Sudbury, toured Derby housing sites yesterday. • Also present were Councillor F. W. Haslam (chairman of Derby Housing Committee), Councillor J. H. Christmas, Lt.- Colonel A. C. Whitcombe (commanding officer of the unit), and ...

Published: Wednesday 27 February 1946
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 85 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Operation Civvy-St. Is War Office Experiment

... Office Experiment TIME-EXPIRED REGULARS AT SUDBURY Fifty time-expired regular soldiers were expected at No. 14 Civil Resettlement Unit at Sudbury this afternoon to begin the first of four to six weeks' courses of preparation for civilian life. ' rpHE ...

Published: Monday 12 August 1946
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Soldier's Farewell—New Version

... They »re members of a contingent of time-expired regular soldiers—some with 21 years' service—who arrived No. 14 Civil Resettlement Unit, Sudbury Park, yesterday, where the Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Colonel A. C. Whitcombe, R.A., outlined to them details ...

Published: Tuesday 13 August 1946
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 137 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Commando Who Lost Respect For Law

... Quarter Sessions yesterday in defending Private John Thomas Tatton (31), a former prisoner of war, stationed at the Civil Resettlement Unit, Sudbury. Tatton pleaded Guilty to breaking into the house of Ethel May Saysell, 130, Ashbourneroad, Derby, in the ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1946
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 169 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Helping The Ex-P.o. W.s

... civilian life. Men Who have struck snags after their return are given an opportunity of undergoing a course at the Civil Resettlement Unit at Sudbury. Originally the C.R.U. was open only to men on leave pending discharge, but the scheme has now been extended ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1946
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 166 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Calling all Adults

... weather that may occur during the sowing, growing and harvesting of their crops. Civil Resettlement T Lilford Hall. Oundle. near Peterborough, a Civil Resettlement Unit has been established for returned prisoners war and as it is available ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1946
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Chronicle
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 228 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WORK OF THE W.V.S

... Legion stood for. and that its watch-worn was We will remember them. They alsi, welcomed Col. Lane and the men the Civil Re-settlement Unit. One of thu biggest jobs of the W.V.S. had been the welfare of the troops. had run many static and mobile canteens ...

Published: Friday 25 January 1946
Newspaper: Peterborough Standard
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: | Words: 201 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

READY TO FOIL SUDBURY CAMP SQUATTING BID

... READY TO FOIL SUDBURY CAMP SQUATTING BID When No. 14 Civil Resettlement Unit at Sudbury is vacated shortly by the military, the Ministry of Labour will prevent its occupation by squatters. The Ministry is to use the ! camp as a Government vocational training ...

Published: Thursday 24 October 1946
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Sammy Asks His Dad In Quiz

... Shaw, the popular Derby boxing promoter, took par in a lively informal sports quiz with ex-prisoners of war at the Civil Resettlement Unit establishment at Sudbury yesterday. Sammy Crooks and Dally Duncan answered football posers; Capt. Stanley Worthington ...

Published: Thursday 17 January 1946
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 269 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Pte. Bill Smedley Gets His Turkey 'Better Than Rice'

... Pear Tree-road, Derby, last night as he tackled a largo portion of turkey at Christmas party organised by No. 14 Civil Re-settlement Unit at Sudbury. Pte. Smedley was taken prisoner by the Japanese at Singapore while serving with the Ist Battalion the ...

Published: Friday 21 December 1945
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 232 | Page: 5 | Tags: none