HC Deb 07 May 1919 vol 115 cc938-9W
Major GLYN

asked the Secretary of State for War whether a list of the members of General Sir Archibald Murray's Committee, formed to consider the question of the types of uniform to be worn by the After-War Army, may be published; and whether special consideration may be given to the claims of Scottish regiments, both Lowland and Highland, and that opportunity may be given for these regiments to have their claims to distinctive uniforms thoroughly considered?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The personnel of the Committee on the Dress and Uniform of the After-War Army is as follows:

Lieutenant-General Sir A. J. Murray, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O. (Chairman).

Colonel H. C. Stanley Clarke, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.

Brigadier-General I. L. B. Vesey, D.S.O., the Queens.

Brigadier-General J. Kennedy, C.M.G., D.S.O., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

Brigadier-General the Earl of Radnor, C.I.E., T.D., Territorial Force.

Colonel C. E. Cockran, C.M.G., Grenadier Guards.

Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. P. Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O., 11th Hussars.

Leutenant-Colonel R. J. I. Hesketh, 7th (S.R.) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.

Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Whitehead, D.S.O., 6th (Res.) Battalion, the London Regiment.

Major-General Sir J. Steevens, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

Major J. J. Grubb, M.B.E. (Secretary).

The Committee is empowered to take evidence, and representative officers of both Highland and Lowland regiments, in common with others, will be given an opportunity of expressing their views, so that the claims of all regiments will be thoroughly considered