For two years, the regiment was billeted at the Halifax Citadel and at Wellington Barracks. German soldiers and OT workers were billeted in 17,000 private houses in 1942. The inmates were guarded by the soldiers billeted in the castle. Evacuees were billeted in Minehead during the Second World War. The soldiers were billeted in tents at the location. The troops were originally billeted in local inns and houses. Some of the common soldiers were billeted with civilian families. He had billeted soldiers on civilians, and had executed martial law. Soldiers were billeted in its rooms during the recent war. During this period British soldiers were also billeted in the town. German POWs are being billeted near Hastings at the Bexhill-on-Sea POW Camp. In 1746, the retreating Jacobite army was billeted for a night in Cumbernauld village. This caused great inconvenience to the law-abiding citizens on whom the soldiers were billeted. Troops were billeted here for many years. They were billeted (housed) with civilians, usually by force.