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2nd November, 1931
N.L.3533/31.
SECRET
The Commander-in-Chief,
H.M. Ships and Vessels,
PLYMOUTH.
With reference to your submission No. 1480/P.0243, of the 9th October last, enclosing a list of ratings removed from ships of the Atlantic Fleet on the 6th idem, I am to inform you that Their Lordships have approved the discharge "services no longer required" of the following twenty six men :-
Late H.M.S. Rodney.
| D/J66125 | William Ryder, Able Seaman |
| D/K55888 | William James Edwards, Stoker, 1st Class |
| D/J9736 | George Henry Sarahs, Able Seaman |
| D/J31462 | William Haywood, Leading Seaman |
| D/J95206 | Cyril Bond, Able Seaman |
| D/KX77984 | Francis Sydney Dawe, Stoker 1st Class |
| D/J38218 | Edgar Thomas Parsons, Leading Seaman |
| D/K19160 | James William Henry Lee, Leading Stoker |
| D/K26775 | Edward Ley, Stoker, 1st Class |
| D/K60878 | David Gale, Stoker, 1st Class |
| D/K51853 | Albert Pow, Stoker, 1st Class |
| Ply/X 65 | William Frederick Watson, Marine |
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Late H.M.S. RODNEY (Contd.)
| Ply / 21149 | Cecil Frank Hamer, Marine |
| Ply / 22430 | Richard Allen, Marine |
Late H.M.S. NORFOLK
| D/J107098 | Leonard Wincott, Able Seaman |
| D/J35807 | Edward O'Toole, Able Seaman |
| D/J106509 | Frederick B. Copeman, Able Seaman |
| D/J99292 | Augustine Shiel, Able Seaman |
| D/J84655 | Richard J. Carr, Leading Seaman |
| D/J97418 | Henry G. Rush, Able Seaman |
Late H.M.S. ADVENTURE
| D/J71408 | Ernest Mallett, Able Seaman |
| D/J113988 | Michael Fitzgerald, Able Seaman |
Late H.M.S. DORSETSHIRE
| D/J34441 | Richard H. Athay, Leading Telegraphist |
| D/J92196 | James Shaw, Sailmaker's Mate |
| D/J105170 | Edward G.C. Branch, Able Seaman |
| NK | Thomas M. Lancaster, Able Seaman |
They are to be regarded as eligible for unemployment benefit and plain clothes gratuity, and should be give a free railway ticket to their homes, in accordance with Article 1664, King's Regulations.
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and Admiralty Instructions. Steps should be taken, so far as may be possible, to ensure that men whose homes are not at Devonport or in the neighbourhood do not remain in the port. The men's addresses after discharge should be reported.
No reasons for their discharge should be given to the men. An official statement will be published when the discharges have been effected and for that purpose you should report by telegram when the discharges have been carried out. Discharge should be effected as soon as possible on the same day and in any case before Atlantic Fleet ships return to Devonport.
William J. Northcott, Stoker, 1st Class, D/K.56692, is to be warned that it will depend on his future conduct whether confidence in him is re-established or not.
Their Service Certificates are returned.
BY COMMAND OF THEIR LORDSHIPS.
(Sd.) V.W. BADDELEY)
Note- Remainder of document are pleas for reconsideration of cases. These are not reproduced here.