... It was interesting to learn from 26ER that in 1951 a commissioned pilot officer RAF was on £5 per week - At the same time in 1951 while serving in the Signal Corps during the Malayan emergency we N/S squaddies were also on the same rate - £5 weekly !
On enlistment in 1950 our basic pay being around £1 per week - after the usual deductions for barrack room damages.
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