LONG-SERVICE MEN
LEAVE OF BRITISH TROOPS OVERSEAS
Rec. 11.30 a.m. RUGBY, Sept. 26. Replying in the House of Commons to numerous questions regarding leave for men on service overseas, the Secretary of War, Sir James Grigg, said that at present there is no general system of ordinary leave for troops serving overseas. Apart from' operational moves when troops overseas are proceeding through Britain to other theatres, the main flow of troops from overseas to Britain took place under the repatriation scheme, by which officers arid men of the longest uninterrupted service overseas could, if they wished, be transferred to the home establishment, where they were given a period of leave, after which they were liable to be sent overseas again, though every effort was made to avoid this.
He reminded the House that Mr. Eden had said recently that most men of five years' or more continuous overseas service had,already been repatriated and a start had been made on those of less than five years. It was hoped in time to get down to those of four and a half years' service or even less.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 76, 27 September 1944, Page 5
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