§ 61. Sir P. GOFFasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give the number of military pensioners who received temporary commissions from the Admiralty during the Great War; and if these officers are in receipt of retired pay?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Lieut.-Colonel Headlam)No record of this number is available; no provision existed for the grant of retired pay from naval funds to military pensioners granted temporary commissions in the Royal Navy or the Royal Marines during the Great War, but those, if any, who were invalided for wounds or disability due to or aggravated by war service would normally be in receipt of retired pay from the Ministry of Pensions.