§ Mr. CAREWasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions whether he is aware that Arthur Charles Hancock, No. 305,295, who was invalided out of the Navy after 18 years' service with a very good character, has so far been unable to obtain any pension, though he served through the War till March, 1919, and then joined the Reserve; and will he have the case inquired into, as the man has a wife and four children to support?
§ Major TRYONThis man was demobilised from the Navy in 1919 without making any claim to pension, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was called up for service during the coal strike and was invalided for defective teeth. As the disability cannot be accepted as either attributable to or aggravated by service, he is ineligible for any award of disablement pension. The man has the usual right of appeal against this decision to the Pensi[...] Appeal Tribunal.