Polish Resettlement Corps
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The Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC;
Background
The
The corps
The formation of the corps was announced by
Members of the corps were volunteers. Polish personnel were able to leave the forces and leave the United Kingdom or take up employment within the United Kingdom without joining the corps. They signed up for two years, but could leave the corps at any time, becoming members of the Corps Reserve until their two years were completed. During this time they could, however, be recalled to the corps if it was deemed necessary (e.g. if they were found to be unsuitable for the job they had taken).
Members of the corps were still military personnel and subject to British
Due to the high number of Poles in the PRC, they were seen as significant competition by some British labour leaders. A campaign by the Trades Union Congress and leading trade unions attempted at first to turn public opinion against the Poles, but was eventually unsuccessful.[citation needed]
By 1949 the corps had mostly ceased to function. About 150,000 Polish soldiers and their dependents settled in the United Kingdom, forming a significant part of the
References
- HM Government, The Polish Resettlement Corps: Organisation of the Corps and Plans for its Employment, 1946
- Polish Resettlement Corps 1946–1948
- "Polish Resettlement". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 2008-01-07.
Further reading
- Keith Sword, Norman Davies, and Jan Ciechanowski, The Formation of the Polish Community in Great Britain, 1939-50. )
- Wiesław Rogalski, The Polish Resettlement Corps 1946-1949: Britain's Polish Forces. Helion & Co, 211pp, 2019 ISBN 978-1912390892