Short Service Officers, India (Families)

HC Deb 23 July 1946 vol 425 cc324-5W

80. Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

asked the Secretary of State for War whether officers who accept short service commissions and are posted to India will be entitled to take their wives and families with them.

Mr. Lawson

Yes, Sir. They are eligible to have their families sent out to join them under exactly the same rules as other Army personnel.