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Scottish Command (Enlistments)

Volume 643: debated on Wednesday 28 June 1961

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64.

asked the Secretary of State for War how many recruits joined the Regular Army in Scotland in May; and from what counties they were recruited.

The following is the information:

ENLISTMENTS—SCOTTISH COMMAND
1ST MAY to 27TH MAY, 1961
Place of EnlistmentRecruits
Aberdeen13
Dumfries (and outstation Ayr)17
Dundee (and outstation Kirkcaldy)43
Edinburgh72
Glasgow (and outstations Hamilton and Stirling)113
Inverness (and outstation Elgin)11
269
NOTE.—These figures are taken from the weekly returns of the local Army Offices, and do not take account of extensions and reengagements of those already serving, returned reservists or boys maturing for men's service.It is not practicable to say from what counties these recruits came.