War Damage Commission notification form The War Damage Commission was a body set up by the British Government under the War Damage Act 1941 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.[1]
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 )