HC Deb 30 April 1940 vol 360 c553W
Mr. J. Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for War the reasons for fixing a minimum age of 29 years for admission of men into the Royal Army Medical corps; and whether he is aware that this prevents many men below that age, who have been for years active members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, from serving in a unit for which their training and experience fits them?

Mr. Stanley

The minimum age limit for enlistment into the Royal Army Medical Corps, for men who possess a Royal Army Medical Corps trade qualification, is 20 years and has been so since mobilisation. Not all Royal Army Medical Corps trades have been open to recruitment continuously, but various trades have been opened and closed according to the requirements of the Corps. There has never been a minimum age limit of 29 for any Corps.

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