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and other enlisted men received prison sentences of lesser length. Lieutenant
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376:, London, to inquire into allegations that nine guards and two officers had ill-treated prisoners at Whittington. The court martial took ten months to reach its conclusion and grew to include Kilian and Lobuono. Sergeant Judson Smith was sentenced to three years
348:. Replacement depots, known by troops as "repple depples", temporarily housed reserves or replacements for front-line formations, including soldiers who had been discharged from medical care for return to active service. The depot was also used as a
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903:"U.S. Court-Martial And A Colonel".
794:"Colonel Excused at Brutality Trial"
356:, and Major Richard E. Lobuono, the
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1038:"The Staffordshire Regiment Museum"
952:Herowitz, Irvin M. (21 June 1946).
610:"Quartermaster's Stores (1516329)"
574:Defence Infrastructure Organisation
517:, Surrey, to Whittington Barracks.
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749:. 9 September 1946. Archived from
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921:"ARMY & NAVY: Going Higher"
1059:"The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment"
980:Grimes, Paul M. (7 May 1947).
929:. 24 June 1946. Archived from
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236:in England. It is home to the
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1156:. Birmingham Mail. 9 May 2014
864:. 27 August 1946. p. 16.
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416:in 1963 and the depot of the
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362:cruel and unusual punishments
238:Staffordshire Regiment Museum
83:Location within Staffordshire
1085:"End of an era for Barracks"
990:. Vol. 64, no. 124
853:"Convict Major Of Cruelties"
318:North Staffordshire Regiment
302:South Staffordshire Regiment
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39:Whittington, Staffordshire
1387:Royal Navy Medical Branch
1300:"Regimental Headquarters"
884:. 26 June 1946. p. 3
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805:. 4 June 1946. p. 10
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549:Defence Medical Academy
354:Highland Park, Illinois
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