Just after the center was opened and its first students through their course , Young was made a Colonel and moved from the classroom in July 1943 to be Senior British Police Officer in the Mediterranean Theatre , stationed in North Africa awaiting the invasion of Sicily . Barely was that center up and running and its first students through their course when Young found himself a Colonel and moved from the classroom in July 1943 to be Senior British Police Officer in the Mediterranean Theatre , stationed in North Africa awaiting the invasion of Sicily .