This is an entry in a year-long project to post-blog the demobilisation experience for British servicemen at the end of the Second World War. See here for an introduction to the project and here for a brief overview of the demobilisation process.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Sholto Douglas has been appointed commander-in-chief of British forces in Germany and military governor of the British Occupation Zone (BOZ), reports the Times. He replaces Field Marshal Montgomery, who will become Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
An ex-serviceman writes to the Times concerning housing for the demobbed:
After years of service in the Army abroad, separated from my wife, and most of the time thinking and longing for home, I have recently been demobilised, and have got a job in London. Can I find anywhere to live? No, it is absolutely hopeless. I have tried everything. My name has been placed at the bottom of the list kept by the local borough council. The list contains over 4,000 names already. At the present rate of progress, my name might be reached in about ten years' time with luck.
Can you be surprised, sir, if we are getting just a little impatient and angry about it all?
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