HC Deb 12 June 1917 vol 94 c753
10. Mr. KING

asked how many officers of Polish nationality are now in the British Army; and whether any such Poles do or or can hold His Majesty's commission?

Mr. MACPHERSON

Poles, in common with all other persons who are not of British nationality, are ineligible under the Army Act to hold combatant commissions in the Army.