HC Deb 27 June 1944 vol 401 c586
8. Commander Sir Archibald Southby

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will take steps to ensure that officers, non-commissioned officers and men in the Army who are wounded shall continue to receive the pay and allowance applicable to the rank which they were holding at the time they were wounded; and further, that in the event of their having to be pensioned, they shall be paid the pension due to that rank and not to a lower rank.

The Secretary of State for War (Sir James Grigg)

Under the present rules officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers wounded in action retain their temporary or acting rank as the case may be for three months while they are absent from duty. I am now considering whether these rules should be changed. The question of disability pensions is for my right hon. Friend the Minister of Pensions, but I understand that under the Pensions Regulations the rate of pension is normally determined by the paid rank held at the time of the wound.

Sir A. Southby

Is my right hon. Friend aware that the first part of his answer certainly will give great satisfaction in the Army?