§ 28. Mr. De Chairasked the First Lord of the Admiralty why, when officers and other ranks in the Service are invalided out of the Royal Navy as a result of wounds, no mention is made in the letter notifying the person of his discharge that it is a result of wounds received in action; and whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction felt among those invalided out as a result of wounds that the reason is defined as ill-health.
Mr. AlexanderNo, Sir, the Admiralty Letter sent to officers invalided from the Royal Navy as the result of wounds does not state that they are being invalided on account of ill-health. It informs them of the result of the medical survey on the question of their fitness for further Naval service. Any officer receiving wounds will have been issued with a Hurt Certificate which he can produce, should it be necessary for him after leaving the Ser- 1218 vice to certify this fact. It is not considered appropriate that the invaliding letter referred to should be substituted for this certificate. Ratings invalided for wounds not only receive a Hurt Certificate, but have a notation of the wound made on the Service Certificate—K.R. 606 (2).