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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: Brewins girl on Monday 12 June 17 18:24 BST (UK)
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I understand the Privilege leave was given to Soldiers after they had served a specific amount of time. Am I right? and can anyone tell me what length of leave a soldier would have got - did it vary according to length of service?
Embarkation leave - I understand that was given to soldiers prior to embarking out of Britain. I believe it was usually 14days' duration. Am I right? Did it vary?
Thank you
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You haven't identified the period you are interested in - things change. Whichever, this is Hansard, 12 July 1949
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1949/jul/12/embarkation-leave#S5CV0467P0_19490712_CWA_7
Apologies - just spotted WW2 in title of post.
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http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/search
If you put "privilege leave" (keep the " " as part of search key) in the search field should return 211 hits - mainly the 1940s
"embarkation leave" (include the " "as part of search key) returns 120 hits, again mainly the 1940s
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Embarkation leave and disembarkation leave are still granted today... Pre and post tours /ops... As is privilege... For normal leave... Sometimes unit block leave... Nothing has changed... :)
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Sorry, I should have made it clearer that my question concerned WW2. I'm trying to find out what 'privilege leave' was - how it was earned, how much time was given
Re 'embarkation leave' I gather it was given prior to ops so long as it was possible in light of action I guess. I'm trying to find out what was a typical period of embarkation leave, so I'm taking a look at Hansard as suggested by hayns teulu but if anyone can save time for me I'd be very grateful