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1918 11 12 Present, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas there was this day read at the Board a Memorial from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated they 25th day of September, 1918, in the words following, viz. : Whereas by Section 3 of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 186, it is enacted, inter alia,. that all pay, pensions, or other allowances in the nature thereof, payable in respect of services in your Majesty's Naval or Marine Force to a person being or having been an Officer, Seaman, or Marine therein, shall be paid in such manner, and subject to such restrictions, conditions,' and .provisions, as are from time to time directed by Order in Council: And whereas by Your Royal Warrant bearing date the 25th day of January, 1918, Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to sanction the grant, during the present War, of Allowances in respect of Children of Officers serving in Your Majesty's Army in the ranks of Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Captain, and Major: And whereas we are of opinion that like Allowances should be granted in respect of the Children of Officers of Relative Rank (except Commissioned Warrant Officers for whose Dependants provision is made by way of Separation Allowance) in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Reserve, and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and in the Royal Naval Air Service We beg, leave humbly to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to sanction, with effect from the 1st October, 1917, and for the period of the present War, the grant of Allowances in respect of the Children of Officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, anal Royal Naval Air Service, holding the Ranks or Relative Ranks of Sub-Lieutenant, Lieutenant, and Lieutenant-Commander, R.N., at rates not exceeding those set forth in the Schedule annexed hereto, provided that no Allowance be granted in respect of the Children of an Officer married subsequently to the 14th day of January, 1918, unless or until the Officer shall have attained the age of 22 years. The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in these proposals. Schedule. For the Children, under 18 years of age in the case of Sons, and under 21 years of age in the case of unmarried Daughters, of I.-(1) Commissioned Officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Reserve, and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, of and below the Rank or Relative Rank of Lieutenant, R.N., or Captain, R.M., with the exceptions specified below. (2) Commissioned Officers of the Royal Naval Air Service of and below the rank of Flight Lieutenant, or Observer Lieutenant, provided that they are borne for 'ground ' duties, and. consequently are ineligible for flying pay. (3) Chaplains, R.N., of under 8 years' seniority. (4) Officers borne for special duties and in receipt of Consolidated Salaries not exceeding £400 a year. (5) Temporary Lieutenant Commanders R.N.R., and R.N.V.R., provided they are paid at rates not exceeding those applicable to Lieutenant, R.N. (6) Officers of the Rank or Relative Rank of Lieutenant-Commander, R.N., promoted from Commissioned Warrant Rank. (7) Quartermasters, R.M., Directors of Music, R.M., and the Musical Director, R.M., of the Royal Naval School of Music, whatever their Rank, £2 a month for each Child, subject to a maximum of £8 a month. II.-(1) Commissioned Officers of the, Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Reserve, and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, of the Rank or Relative Rank of Lieutenant Commander, R.N., or Major, R.M., with the exceptions specified above. (2) Chaplains, R.N., of over 8 and under 15 years' seniority. (3) Temporary Surgeons, R.N., and Surgeons and Dental Surgeons, R.N.V.R. (4) Graded Commissioned Officers of the Royal Naval Air Service of and below the Ranks of Flight Lieutenant, and Observer Lieutenant, with the exceptions specified above. .(5) Officers of the Royal Naval Air Service of the Ranks of Flight Commander, Squadron Commander, Flight Observer, and Squadron Observer, when borne for ground duties, and consequently ineligible for flying pay. (6) Officers borne for special duties and in receipt of Consolidated Salaries exceeding £400, but not exceeding £500 a year, £1 a month for each child, subject to a maximum of £4 a month. Payment may be continued beyond, or granted after, the normal age limit in cases in which Officers' Sons or Daughters are afflicted with lasting mental or bodily infirmity rendering them incapable of earning their own living, and dating from a period prior to the date on which the Son or Daughter attained the normal age limit. His Majesty, having taken the said Memorial into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. © Crown Copyright ^ back to top ^ |