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Originally posted by Vets_Dottir
Meanwhile, something I keep wondering about is that if he spent a couple of years in England, where did he stay??? I've heard the term "billetted" which I assume means a sort of board and room in a private family home?
If my uncle stayed with a family, would there be any way, at all, to go about finding out the names and address of the people he stayed with in England?
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Correct. This summer at the Beltring show I spoke to a gentleman who told me a Canadian soldier was billeted in their house during WW2. The soldier told his mother he would make sure the family would benefit from this and during his stay he provided the family with large numbers of food coupons. Thus there was no shortage of food during the years he stayed there. All coupons were signed by "Captain" and then the soldiers name, which the family found strange as he wasn't a captain as all (a corporal, if I recall correctly). 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