HC Deb 06 March 1939 vol 344 c1762W
Mr. Henderson Stewart

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what was the total number of fishermen enrolled in the Navy during the Great War; and how many drifters were employed on Naval service in October, 1918?

Colonel Llewellin

Approximately 80,000 lower deck enrolments into the Naval Reserves were made by the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen during the Great War. A record of the proportion of fishermen included in this number is not available. About 1,040; drifters were employed on naval service in October, 1918.