Troops For Garrisons
(1.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 1. The army estimates for the year ended March 31, 1947, published •as a White Paper, show that the maximum total of 1,328.500, all ranks, will be borne on the army establishment in the garrisons of Europe, including the United Kingdom.
• British troops will number 1,120,400, Dominion troops in the United Kingdom 22,000, Colonial troops 4100 and Polish troops 182,000. In garrisons outside Europe there will be a maximum of 943,000, made up of British Army 300,000, Indian Army 282,200, Burma Army 18,400. Colonial troops 336,500, Polish troops 6400.
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Northern Advocate, 2 April 1946, Page 3
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