§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state the total number of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves who were called up from the Outer Hebrides for the recent mobilisation of the Fleet; and how many from each of the islands?
§ Mr. ShakespeareNo Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves are resident in these Islands. A number of officers and ratings of the Royal Naval Reserve were called up and despatched to Royal Naval depots leaving Stornoway on 29th September, 1938, as follows:
Patrol Service. Skippers … … … 2 Second Hands … … … 2 Leading Seamen … … 7 Seamen … … … 99 Stoker … … … 1 Enginemen … … … 1 112 General Service. Petty Officers … … … 1 Leading Seamen … … … 7 Seamen … … … 219 227 I regret that in the time available I have been unable to obtain details of their places of residence. No personnel of the Royal Naval Reserve were despatched after 29th September as orders had by then been received that despatches were to cease.