HC Deb 17 November 1920 vol 134 cc1869-70
33. Major Sir B. FALLE

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty under what Order in Council or rule The lower deck pensioners received pay plus pension during the War, and that all lower deck men who reached pensionable age during the same period were given pay plus pension?

Sir J. CRAIG

The authority is Article 1952, Clause 1, of the King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, which is based on Article 16 and 17, Viet., cap. 73, Clause 16. Men who completed time for pension during the War were regarded as "pensioners called upon to serve" as from the date of such completion.

Sir B. FALLE

Was this before or after the War?

Sir J. CRAIG

I will look into that question.