EX-P.O.W. RESETTLEMENT

... EX-P.O.W. RESETTLEMENT. Twelve hundred ex-prisoners of IWar who feel themselves round pegs 'in square holes, are wanted by No. 2 Civil Resettlement Unit, at Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, between now .and June. This unit, which is ...

Published: Friday 16 May 1947
Newspaper: Nelson Leader
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 103 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

STUDY OF HOUSING

... dispatches. Subsequently he was appointed colonel-in-charge of the Ist Battalion, and recently has been in charge of a civil re-settlement unit in the Birmingham area. Mr Stanton Starkey has made a special study of housing and has inaugurated a scheme for the ...

Published: Monday 17 February 1947
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IW.V.S. Flashes

... heading Centro • Fleshes. given in tne W.V.S. Bulletin,' include the following:— Leeds W.V.S., at the request of the Civil Resettlement Unit at Harrogate, made over 300 visits to ex-prisoners -of-war and completed reports on 170 men. Wakefield W.V.S. has ...

Published: Tuesday 07 January 1947
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Membership Appeal

... front ZS. the Colonel of No. 2 Civil Resettlement Unit, by Mrs. a M. Gimson, deputy county director, thanking the Red Cross fsr invaluable co-operation in getting 2.500 repatriated men to undertake the course at the unit, and for the hard work put in to ...

Published: Friday 20 June 1947
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 310 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE YORKS

... y appointed Lieut.-Colonel in command of the Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards. Recently he has been in charge of a Civil Resettlement Unit in the Birmingham district. He is especially interested in housing. Stationed at Windsor in 1945. he inaugurated a ...

DAY BY DAY

... End of the Chapter The Civil Resettlement Unit (No. 2) at Peover Hall. Knuts'ford, established in July. 1!143. closes this month. With it will come to an end a unique chapter in the British Army. It was the second of such units to be formed, and the pioneer ...

Published: Wednesday 11 June 1947
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
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IN HOMES

... e answer cvervdav reived £2 000 directly from home problems sales firms i _ , , _ , I Ex-prisoners of war from a Civil Resettlement Unit have chosen to visit today to see what industry is doing for the nation's homo life. %f who built flail tanks and ...

Published: Thursday 10 April 1947
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
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NEWS FLASHES

... windows with my foot. I wish I were dead. I tried to commit suicide twice. I am sorry. Millward, who agreed to enter a civil re-settlement unit at Knutsford, and to make good the £2O damage, was bound over for 12 months. ...

Published: Monday 20 January 1947
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
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SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT

... of the British Army will come to r.n end this month when No. 2 Civil Resettlement Unit closes down at Peover Hall, not far from the Staffordshire—Cheshire bor. cer. The story of the unit is one of a successful experiment which had many critics in its ...

Published: Saturday 14 June 1947
Newspaper: Staffordshire Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 685 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

REMOVAL OF A RAILWAY

... Ladies' Choir contest. British Army will come to its end this * a 4. month when No. 2 Civil Resettlement Unit. Mrs Mary Sutton, of g. Oakfleld Drive, one of 20 simillar units, closes down at Upton Heath. who injured her leg in a fail Peover Hall, Knutsford ...

Published: Saturday 14 June 1947
Newspaper: Cheshire Observer
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 761 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Ex-P.O. W.s are All Resettled

... o , p.m., vti June 11. Sna the closing down of No. 2 Whiten,a brown marki Finder please inform, 17. Heaton Moor Civil Resettlement Unit. L OST, Brown cameo Brooch on Fri June 6. outside or on No 1 Platlo This also concludes a Exchange Station between ...

Published: Friday 13 June 1947
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 762 | Page: 7 | Tags: none