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   Message 129,679 of 130,039   
   john to cecilia   
   Re: 1944 travel restrictions in UK to fa   
   14 Apr 22 12:24:21   
   
   From: john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr   
      
   On 14/04/2022 09:18, cecilia wrote:   
   > ! gather from a comment in an anecdote that in 1944 there was a a ban,   
   > until about 10 weeks after D-Day, on general travel south in England   
   > because of troop movements to Normandy .   
   >   
   > Is it possible to confirm when it ended?   
   >   
   > Would next-of-kin of hospitalised seriously wounded soldiers have been   
   > Exempt from the restriction (i.e. able to travel to visit) or would   
   > they have had to wait?   
      
   I would have thought there would have been reports in the newspapers of   
   the lifting of the restrictions?   
   https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk or on FindMyPast   
      
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