HC Deb 22 June 1916 vol 83 c341W
Sir DANIEL GODDARD

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether it is the practice of the War Office to cancel a temporary commission which has been gazetted on the ground that the officer so gazetted has been wounded at the front?

Mr. TENNANT

An officer holding a temporary commission who is disabled in and by the Service, is entitled to the same amount of sick leave as a permanently commissioned Regular officer, and his commission is not summarily cancelled because he has been wounded, as is, I think, suggested in my right hon. Friend's question.

Sir D. GODDARD

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will state for what reason Stanley Alexander Gibbons, who was gazetted on 22nd September, 1915, as temporary second lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), and was wounded on the 24th September, has had his commission cancelled?

Mr. TENNANT

This case does not come under the rule I have just stated in my immediately previous answer. This gentleman was selected as a suitable candidate for a commission, but as unfortunately he was unable to take up the proposed commission it became necessary to cancel the arrangements that had been made.