§ 29. Mr. ALFRED SHORTasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Gunner D. Griffiths, No. 82330, 1423 102nd Company, Royal Garrison Artillery, now of 22, Lovers' Walk, Wednesbury, was transferred to the Reserve on 26th March; whether he received a gratuity of £4; whether he was entitled to a gratuity of about £17; and whether he will have inquiry made so that Griffiths may receive the correct amount?
§ Mr. FORSTERInquiries are being made, and I will communicate the result to the hon. Member.
§ 35. Sir JOHN BUTCHERasked the Secretary of State for War whether the words "on the termination of his war service," contained in paragraph 14 in the Schedule of the Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1918, as to war gratuity, are to be construed as meaning the date when the soldier was disabled from further war service or the date of his discharge; whether a soldier who in October, 1914, held the paid acting rank of company quartermaster-sergeant, and lost an arm on active service in France and received the pension appropriate to that rank, is entitled under the Royal Warrant to receive the gratuity appropriate to that rank; and whether his gratuity is liable to be reduced to the gratuity of a sergeant because on his return to England after his disablement he reverted to his substantive rank of sergeant?
§ Mr. FORSTERWar service means service with the Colours during the War, not service in the field. The gratuity is assessed on the rank held on discharge.