PLEBISCITE AREA
BRITISH POLICE FORCE
(Received October 5, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, October 4
The force of 1000 volunteer police from the British Legion which the Foreign Office is to send to the Czech plebiscite area will be commanded by Major Sir Francis Fetherston-Godley, chairman of the Legion, assisted by Lieutenant-General Sir James O'Dowda, Brigadier-General E. R. Fitzpatrick, and Colonel H. H. Wiiberforce. The probable duration of service will be from six to eight weeks.
Applications to enlist in the Legion are pouring in from all walks of life, including bishops, officers, business men, and labourers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 83, 5 October 1938, Page 13
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