British Army pay rates for WWII
John Dallman
during WWII? I've managed to get some information out of the on-line
Hansard, but would be keen to get the full details.
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Dave Smith
> Can anyone recommend a source on the pay rates for the British Army
> during WWII? I've managed to get some information out of the on-line
> Hansard, but would be keen to get the full details.
Bellow is a link to a BBC site on WW2 People's War where one contributor
talks about getting conscripted. He says that he was told during his
first week of service that there pay would be 2 shillings per day, 14
shillings per week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a2778258.shtml
John Dallman
(Dave Smith) wrote:
> Bellow is a link to a BBC site on WW2 People's War where one
> contributor talks about getting conscripted. He says that he was
> told during his first week of service that there pay would be 2
> shillings per day, 14 shillings per week.
Thanks, that's consistent with what I have so far. A private with six
month's service would be on three shillings a day, plus an extra
sixpence if he qualified for the proficiency bonus in whatever he did,
which most of them managed.
george
> In article <48964DFD.A3D7A...@sympatico.ca>, adavid.sm...@sympatico.ca
>
> (Dave Smith) wrote:
> > Bellow is a link to a BBC site on WW2 People's War where one
> > contributor talks about getting conscripted. He says that he was
> > told during his first week of service that there pay would be 2
> > shillings per day, 14 shillings per week.
>
> Thanks, that's consistent with what I have so far. A private with six
> month's service would be on three shillings a day, plus an extra
> sixpence if he qualified for the proficiency bonus in whatever he did,
> which most of them managed.
In the RN they used to get 6 pence a day extra in Corvettes and
Frigates in the Atlantic
Erik Illot told me it was called Hard Layers.
William Black
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'Hard lying allowance'.
It's still paid to people in UK government service (both civilians and
military) who have to endure significant hardship for a period.
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