HC Deb 25 November 1930 vol 245 c1078
30. Major GLYN

asked the Secretary of State for War why the Army List still mentions Militia battalions when Special Reserve battalions are indicated; and why the titles of these units are still described as, for instance, the 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia, in spite of the Militia as a separate branch of the Army having ceased to exist some years before the War?

Mr. SHAW

The hon. and gallant Member has, I think, overlooked the fact that Section 2 of the Territorial Army and Militia Act, 1921, provided specifically that the Special Reserve should be called the Militia.