HC Deb 01 February 1945 vol 407 c1604
10. Captain Alan Graham

asked the Minister of Labour whether men now serving in the Armed Forces will be able to count any service they may have had during the war in the Merchant Navy when the question of their release from the Armed Forces comes under consideration.

Mr. Bevin

Yes, Sir. It has been decided that service on British seagoing merchant ships and on Allied and neutral seagoing ships chartered to the Minister of War Transport during the war shall be regarded as war service for the purpose of determining the order of release from the Armed Forces after the defeat of Germany.