HC Deb 23 January 1940 vol 356 c421W
Captain Thornton-Kemsley

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will instruct Records to devise some method of accounting for men who have been released from military service instead of requiring these to be returned as still on the strength of their former units, who may be precluded thereby from training a sufficiency of war effectives?

Mr. Stanley

Instructions on the subject are shortly to be issued, but men who have been released do not count as part of the effective strength of units, and do not prevent the intake of personnel in replacement.

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