HELPING OUR EX-P.O.W.S

... have been converting Wightwick Hall, near Wolverhampton, into a civil resettlement unit for British repatriated prisoners of war, the first of whom arrived there to-day. The M.O. of the unit is a Northfield doctor, who qualifield at Birmingham University ...

Published: Thursday 02 August 1945
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 97 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WHITTON VICTORY DANCE AT KNELLER

... WHITTON VICTORY DANCE AT KNELLER HALL The Mayor and Mayoress Twickenham were present at Victory dance at No. 8 Civil Resettlement Unit, Kneller Hall, on Wednesday. The function was held in the Trainees’ Recreation Room, which was beautifully decorated ...

Published: Saturday 06 October 1945
Newspaper: Middlesex Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 122 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

“BELIEVE

... Aid And Advice For Ex-P.O A Wirralßesettlement Unit The problem of the resettlement of repatriated prisoners of war is being tackled thoroughly the Army authorities, and a special Civil Resettlement Unit has been established at Clatterbridge ...

Published: Wednesday 14 November 1945
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 160 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ADJUSTMENT TO CIVIL LIFE

... ADJUSTMENT TO CIVIL LIFE FIRST ARRIVALS AT MIDLAND UNIT The first Civil Resettlement Unit in the Midlands, and one of the first in the country, was opened to-day at Wightwick Hall, near Wolverhampton. The work of getting the ...

Published: Thursday 02 August 1945
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 193 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Half-Way House Down Civvy-St

... are Merseysiders, and all are repatriates who have spent long periods in German prison camps and are now in No. 2 Civil Resettlement Unit. The halfway house which is their headquarters is Peover Hall —Elizabethan and 19th Century Cheshire country mansion ...

Published: Friday 24 August 1945
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 235 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

,'The Coldest Spot

... Forces built and used as an American Red Cross Hospital, The camp was recently taken over the British for use as a Civil Resettlement Unit, as described in the - *' Five Press •i* ;t week. The huts extend almost to the residence which is used to accommodate ...

Published: Thursday 27 December 1945
Newspaper: Suffolk and Essex Free Press
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 290 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BATH NEWS OF INTEREST

... the day seeing how the work was done. They were three released prisoners of war. and visited the Exchange from the Civil Re-settlement Unit Cirencester, the idea being that men who had been prisoners for long time might need some reeducation the ways of ...

Published: Wednesday 08 August 1945
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 234 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TO-DAY'S RADIO HOME (342.1m.).—3 The Passing the Regiments (Band of Ist Welch Regiment).—3.3o: Opera at Home ..

... Friday Discussion (White Bread or Brown ?).—8 : Frank Wclr and Orchestra.—B.3o : Stalag to Civvy Street (story of Civil Resettlement Unit) —9: Big Ben (Silent Minute); News.—9.ls : To-night's Talk.- 9.30: These Passing Shows.—lo : Consuelo '' (from story ...

Published: Friday 05 October 1945
Newspaper: Essex Newsman
County: Essex, England
Type: Miscellaneous | Words: 206 | Page: 1 | 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

ONE PENNY CONSUMERS GUARDED IN MINES

... Sunderland; and Aid. J. Symonds, Jarrow —with Major-General R. F. B. Naylor, G.0.C., Northumbrian District, at the No. Civil Resettlement Unit, New Washington, yesterday. Stalin's Hand in Talks Stalin, fit and well on fesa return Moscow after two months’ holiday ...

HELPING EX-PRISONERS OF WAR A WIRRAL RE-SETTLEMENT UNIT (By our own Reporter) The Army is to be congratulated ..

... HELPING EX-PRISONERS OF WAR A WIRRAL RE-SETTLEMENT UNIT (By our own Reporter) The Army is to be congratulated upon the manner in which it is tackling the re-settlement of the former prisoners of war —this is one of the most pressing problems of the day ...

Published: Saturday 17 November 1945
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 304 | Page: 2 | Tags: none