Guest Posted 28 May , 2019 Share Posted 28 May , 2019 Could any kindly soul point me at a printed source which would explain what this organisation actually did and it's history. I believe it was based at GHQ Montreuil and although the name suggests in half-measure what it did, it would be good to know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 28 May , 2019 Share Posted 28 May , 2019 Try TNA T161/ 90/11. TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 28 May , 2019 Share Posted 28 May , 2019 The Directorate of Hirings and Requisitions dealt with transactions between the British Army and French civilian authorities and citizens. The Director was a major-general who was also the Chairman of the Claims Commission which presumably adjudicated on disputed claims. There are records for its WW2 successor in the National Archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14510 Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 29 May , 2019 Share Posted 29 May , 2019 Hi Ron- Thanks for that. It seems odd to me that I cannot trace any written account of this body, nor of any documentation at National Archives. Should be something ou there-I'll have another go and report back. Dealing with our biggest neighbour when,in one sense, we were trashing their country (albeit to stop it being trashed on an even larger scale ) should have produced the odd memoir, internal history-and I cannot imagine that the British Army ever did anything without generating paperwork-esp. manuals and forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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