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Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra When the soldier moved out, they found loads and loads of food coupon sheets. They recontructed the soldier was a printer and had been printing his own food coupons!
Anyhow, I wonder if billeting was a much documented process. I understand the military more or less went around the houses in a village to ask if and how many soldiers could be housed.
Good luck in your search!
Hanno [/B]
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Hi Hanno... and thanks a lot for this little story. I LOVE the intiative of that soldier (even if it was a little wrong it was a lot "right" if hungy people were fed)
My guess is that there probably wasn't a lot of record keeping for the housing/billetting.
I have a really BIG curiousity about the daily lives and habits of the soldiers stationed overseas. Sort of "What was...all in the life of day of the life of a soldier, at work and at ease, when living overseas during WW2" In this case I'm particularly interested in the Royal Winnipegs my Uncle "hung out and worked with"... maybe I should take this curiosity to the RWR's museum website
Thanks again Hanno...very interesting!!! Karmen