Chronology of Noteworthy Events - Part 3 (Continued) When the last draft of Lorne Scots moved out of Tweedsmuir Camp in February 1947 the site and its infrastructure were handed back to British military authorities. The War Office London decided to keep the camp open for sections of the Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC), an army comprising people displaced by war and who were employed by the War Department at the Pay and Record Office in Witley. So started a new chapter in Tweedsmuir's history that lasted for a further ten years. (1 Canadian Repatriation Depot comprised camp Tweedsmuir [1 Wing], camp Superior [2 Wing], camp Huron [3 Wing] and camp Ontario [4 Wing]. Since camp Superior closed by the end of August 1946, Ontario by the end of September 1946 and Huron by the end of October 1946, the start of 1947 saw Tweedsmuir Camp [1 Wing] alone managing the duties previously conducted by all 4 wings. As the documentation for this part of the camp's history is thin, the chronology we provide for 1947 is somewhat short.) 1947 12 February 1947 CMHQ issued Administrative Order No. 53, commanding 1 Repatriation Depot to disband. 21 February 1947 In Col. Stacey's words, this was the day that 1 Repatriation Depot "ceased to exist." 22 February 1947 Tweedsmuir Camp handed back to the War Office (WO) London, who elected to keep it open for Polish Army personnel who had enlisted in the PRC employed at the Pay and Records Office Witley Camp. 27 March 1947 Polish Resettlement Bill became law, giving the National Assistance Board (NAB) overall responsibility for civilian Polish people in WWII military camps. The welfare of ex PRC personnel and their dependants was devolved to the departments of education, employment, health and labour. 11 August 1947 An internal WO memo (MB/F1/1335) reported that there were no civilian Polish people living in Tweedsmuir Camp. All occupants were PRC personnel employed at the Pay and Records Office, Witley. 6 October 1947 Ministry of Works (MoW) wrote to the NAB, stating that they had taken over "... maintenance and engineering services... " of Tweedsmuir Camp as of 29 September 1947. 8 October 1947 In their reply to the MoW, the NAB announced that Tweedsmuir was likely to be taken over by the National Services Hostels Corporation (NSHC) and not the NAB. (Since the WO chose to keep the camp open for their own staff employed at the Pay and Records Office Witley, towards the end of October the NAB informed the WO that they would have no interest in the administration of Tweedsmuir). 10 December 1947 55 Brigade PKPR (or PRC) were reported as occupying Tweedsmuir Camp. Copyright © 2006: Zen and Wies Rogalski Last Revised 14 November 2007 End of Part 3