The War Damage Commission was a body set up by the British Government under the War Damage Act 1941 to pay compensation for war damage to land and buildings throughout the United Kingdom. It was not responsible for the repairs themselves, which were carried out by local authorities or private contractors.
The Commission was chaired by Malcolm Trustram Eve, then by Sir Thomas Williams Phillips (1949–1959). It was headquartered at Devonshire House, Mayfair Place, Piccadilly, London, and operated out of sixteen Regional Offices:
Region No.1 - Northern (Newcastle upon Tyne): Durham, Northumberland, North Riding of YorkshireRegion No.2 - North-Eastern (Leeds): East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of YorkshireRegion No.3 - North Midland (Nottingham): Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, RutlandRegion No.4 - Eastern (Cambridge): Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex (except areas covered by Regions 5A and 5B), Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, SuffolkRegion No.5A - North-West London (Acton)Region No.5B - North-East London (Finsbury Square)Region No.5C - South-East London (Euston Road)Region No.5D - South-West London (Kingston upon Thames)Region No.6 - Southern (Reading): Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, OxfordshireRegion No.7 - South-Western (Bristol): Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Isles of Scilly, Somerset, WiltshireRegion No.8 - Wales (Cardiff)Region No.9 - Midland (Birmingham): Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, WorcestershireRegion No.10 - North-Western (Manchester): Cheshire, Cumberland, Lancashire, WestmorlandRegion No.11 - Scotland (Edinburgh)Region No.12 - South-Eastern (Tunbridge Wells): Kent, Surrey, Sussex, except areas covered by Regions 5C and 5DRegion No.13 - Northern Ireland (Belfast)