The War Damage Commission was a body set up by the British Government under the (4 & 5 Geo. 6. c. 12) to pay compensation for war damage to land and buildings and " 'fixed' plant and machinery", throughout the United Kingdom. It was not responsible for the repairs themselves, which were carried out by local authorities or private contractors.War Damage Commission. A Short Explanatory Pamphlet on Claims under the War Damage Act 1941, 1941.
The commission was chaired by Malcolm Trustram Eve, then by Sir Thomas Williams Phillips (1949–1959). It was headquartered at Devonshire House, Mayfair Place, Piccadilly, London, and operated out of sixteen Regional Offices: Region No.1 – Northern (Newcastle upon Tyne): Durham, Northumberland, North Riding of Yorkshire Region No.2 – North-Eastern (Leeds): East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire Region No.3 – North Midland (Nottingham): Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland Region No.4 – Eastern (Cambridge): Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex (except areas covered by Regions 5A and 5B), Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk Region No.5A – North-West London (Acton) Region No.5B – North-East London (Finsbury Square) Region No.5C – South-East London (Euston Road) Region No.5D – South-West London (Kingston upon Thames) Region No.6 – Southern (Reading): Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire Region No.7 – South-Western (Bristol): Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Isles of Scilly, Somerset, Wiltshire Region No.8 – Wales (Cardiff) Region No.9 – Midland (Birmingham): Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire Region No.10 – North-Western (Manchester): Cheshire, Cumberland, Lancashire, Westmorland Region No.11 – Scotland (Edinburgh) Region No.12 – South-Eastern (Tunbridge Wells): Kent, Surrey, Sussex, except areas covered by Regions 5C and 5D Region No.13 – Northern Ireland (Belfast)
Subsequent developments Section 88 of the 1941 act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part XIII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973, which came into force on 18 July 1973.
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part XI of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981, which came into force on 21 May 1981.
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