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====Northern Europe==== Two 12-man sections with eight vehicles, FAU Relief Sections Nos 1 and 2, landed at [[Arromanches]], [[Normandy]] on 6 September 1944 from a [[tank landing craft]]. Attached to the British Army's civilian affairs branch, the FAU sections provided relief to civilians in Normandy. No 2 FAU was then posted to a newly liberated refugee camp at [[Leopoldsburg]], Belgium, managing reception, registration, disinfection, catering, dormitories and departures. In November 1944, in response to a request from [[21st Army Group]], a further five more sections were established and arrived in Europe at the end of 1944. One new member was [[Gerald Gardiner]], who subsequently became [[Lord Chancellor]] in [[Harold Wilson]]'s [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] government of 1964β1970. After a period in [[Nijmegen]], assisting local civilian medical organisations during [[Operation Market Garden]], No 2 FAU cared for a colony of the mentally ill near [[Cleves]] in Germany which grew to a population of 25,000. By April, the main work had become the accommodation and care of [[displaced persons]] until they could return home. No 2 FAU was heavily involved with the care and support of inmates at the newly liberated [[Stalag X-B]] [[prisoner-of-war]] camp near [[Sandbostel]], between [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]] and [[Hamburg]] in northern Germany in May 1945. [[File:Former labour party hq walworth road.jpg|left|thumb]] The FAU was wound up in 1946 and replaced by the '''Friends Ambulance Unit Post-War Service''', which continued until 1959. The work of the Friends' Ambulance Unit was referred to in the 1947 award of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] to Quakers worldwide and accepted by the [[Friends Service Council]] and the [[American Friends Service Committee]].
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