HC Deb 15 March 1951 vol 485 c1888

That 143,500 Officers, Seamen and Boys and Royal Marines, who are borne on the Books of His Majesty's Ships and at the Royal Marine Divisions, and members of the Women's Royal Naval Service and the Naval Nursing Service, be employed for the Sea Service, for the year ending on the 31st day of March. 1952.