Colonel NEWMANasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Signaller Linnett, No. 624756, Honourable Artillery Company, D battery, 113th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who enlisted voluntarily in 1916, was by mistake enrolled on a record of service paper (A.F. B2,513) and consequently is being retained under the Military Service Act; whether Signaller Linnett enlisted at the age of eighteen, and will now be penalised in his career of chartered accountant if retained with the Colours; and will he see his way to allow him to be demobilized?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLInquiries are already being made in this case, and my hon. and gallant Friend will be informed of the result as soon as possible.