While going through my dad's papers, I came across a letter from the Army Records Centre, dated April 2, 1976.
It, of course, outlined his service record during W.W.2. It also provided details relating to involvement after May 2 1946 when his Service with the Colours ended.
Here are the details:
May 2,1946 - Transferred to Class Z [T] Reserve
Feb. 10, 1954 - Transferred to Army General Reserve, Group P
Jun. 30, 1959 - Discharged from Reserve Liability - Cause of Discharge - Navy, Army and Air Forces Act 1959.
After the end of the war, was involvement in the Reserves voluntary or compulsory?
Why, after almost 8 years in the Class Z [T] Reserve, would a person be transferred to the Army General Reserve, Group P? What was Group P?
Hopefully someone can provide answers to the above.
Colin
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15-02-2011, 4:25 PM #1Colin RowledgeGuest
Probably simple questions but cannot resolve
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15-02-2011, 7:00 PM #2CoromandelGuest
There is an explanation of Class P and Class Z Reserves in this article about First World War reservists: https://www.
1914-1918.net/reserve.htm
but I don't know if the same terminology applied later.
P.S. From https://www.
pbarrett.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Memoirs/13.htm it appears that being in Class Z(T) just after the Second World War did not involve anything more than being on standby: the author says (in April 1946) 'I was transferred to Army Reserve Class Z(T), which meant I was a civilian again unless another emergency arose.'
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15-02-2011, 9:40 PM #3Richard1955Guest
Classes P consisted of men
- ‘whose services are deemed to be temporarily of more value to the country in civil life rather than in the Army’
- and who were not lower than C iii medically
- and as a result of having served in the Army or TF would, if discharged, be eligible for a pension on the grounds of disability or length of service.
Men in Classes P were, for the purposes of pay, allowances, gratuity and pension treated as if they been discharged on the date of their transfer to Class P i.e. they did receive money from the Army.
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15-02-2011, 10:52 PM #4Colin RowledgeGuest
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15-02-2011, 11:02 PM #5Richard1955Guest
Hi Colin
No. He left the Army on 2nd May 1946 and was a paid civilian from that date and then from 1956 entitled to an Army pension.
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15-02-2011, 11:10 PM #6Colin RowledgeGuest
Helping you trace your British Family History & British Genealogy.
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