§ Mr. TrotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of each of the armed forces, other than regulars, served in the Gulf campaign, distinguishing between the various categories of reserves in which they served; to what extent they were employed in medical units; and, for Army personnel, what were the corps or regiments in which they served.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe figures given in the following tables show reserve personnel called out for service with the armed forces during Operation Granby, including those who served in the Gulf area and in the United Kingdom and Germany.
The Royal Navy called out a total of 414 personnel, no more than 399 of whom were embodied at any one time, as follows:
Trade Royal Fleet Reserve Royal Naval Reserve Total at any one time Supply and secretariat 34 Nil 34 Cook 4 Nil 4 Radar 70 Nil 70 Diver 8 Nil 8 Communications 81 Nil 81 Electronic warfare 32 Nil 32 Medical 11 Nil 11 Weapons engineering 48 Nil 48 Mechanical engineering 107 Nil 107 Public affairs branch officers Nil 119 4 395 119 399 1 Of the 19 public affairs branch officers no more than four were embodied at any one time. The 11 RFR medical personnel were deployed to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar.
The Army called out 1,075 reservists, as follows:
Corps Members of Territorial Army Individual Reservists Total Royal Army Medical Corps 529 493 1,022 Royal Military Police 39 nil 39 Intelligence Corps 4 9 13 Royal Artillery nil 1 1 Total 572 503 1,705 Reservists of the Royal Army Medical Corps were deployed to medical units. The majority, 977, were deployed to the Gulf, with the balance, 45, serving in Germany and the United Kingdom.
57WThe Royal Air Force called out a total of 286 personnel although no more than 278 were serving at any one time. The breakdown is as follows:
Squadron/Flight Royal Auxiliary Air Force Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Total at any one time No. 4626 Aeromedical Squadron 125 nil 125 No. 4624 Movements Squadron 127 nil 127 No. 7644 Flight, Public Relations Flight nil 111 13 No. 7006 Flight, Intelligence Flight nil 17 17 Mobile Meteorological Unit nil 26 6 Total 252 34 278 1 Public Relations personnel were called out on a rotational basis. A maximum of 3 were embodied at any one time. 2 Meteorological Officers held Civilian Component commissions in either the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve of Officers or the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. No. 4626 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron comprises doctors, nurses, medical assistants and support staff who were deployed to medical units in the Gulf and the United Kingdom.