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Mr. R. Gibson
asked the Secretary of State for War how many officers and other ranks were serving in the Regular
| Strength of the Regular Army, Territorial Army and Reserve Forces on 1st July, 1939, as compared with the corresponding date in 1938. | ||||||||
| — | 1939. | 1938. | ||||||
| Officers. | Other ranks. | Officers. | Other ranks. | |||||
| Regular Army | … | … | … | … | 13,700* | 224,036* | 12,547 | 184,280 |
| Regular Army Reserve of Officers and Regular Army Reserve. | 9,414 | 112,384 | 9,915 | 135,481 | ||||
| Supplementary Reserve | … | … | 2,562 | 40,253 | 1,879 | 25,425 | ||
| Territorial Army | … | … | … | 15,334 | 391,923 | 9,781 | 175,225 | |
| Territorial Army Reserve of Officers and Territorial Army Reserve. | 6,426 | 2,194 | 6,756 | — | ||||
| * Includes Reserves called up for temporary service. | ||||||||