Army Form E 501A.

TERRITORIAL ARMY

(4 Years’ Service)

Notice to be given to a Man at the time of his offering to join the Territorial Army, in accordance with the requirements of Section 10 (1) of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, and Section 80 (1) Army Act.

Date …… 19 ..

Name ……………………

Please attend at ………… o’clock on the ………… day of ………… at ………………………… [here name some place] for the purpose of appearing before a Justice, Officer or other person authorised to attest recruits to be attested for His Majesty’s Territorial Army, in which you have expressed your willingness to serve.

The General Conditions of the Contract of Enlistment are as follows:

1. To serve His Majesty as a soldier of the Territorial Army for the period shown at the top of the page, provided His Majesty should so long require your services.
2. You will be raised, trained, and appointed to serve in such Corps (or that County for or area comprising the whole or part of that County as you may select, and in that Company or Battalion and within the Brigade of that Corps) or such one of those Units as you may select. If, as the result of some possible future re-organization of the Territorial Army, in order to conform to that of the Regular Army, the unit of which you are a member becomes part of a different arm of the Service, you will be given the option of being discharged forthwith or of completing the period of your engagement in the new unit with the new conditions prescribed for a recruit of the arm or branch of the service which you have elected to join.
3. During the first year of your original enlistment you will be required to attend the number of drills and fulfill the other conditions prescribed for a recruit of the arm or branch of the service which you have elected to join.
4. You will be required to complete such preliminary training by the 31st October next following your original enlistment unless before that date you obtain permission from your Commanding Officer to complete it afterwards, but in any case you must complete it within 12 months of your original enlistment.
5. In addition to such preliminary training you will be liable to attend the number of drills and fulfill the other conditions relating to training prescribed for the arm or branch of the service which you have elected to join, and to be liable to be called out for not less than 8, or more than 15 days altogether in every year, of it belonging to a mounted branch, for not less than 8, or more than 18 days altogether in every year, as may be prescribed, and may for that purpose be called out for not less than 6 or not more than 15 days altogether in every year, as may be prescribed, and may for that purpose be called out for not less than 6 or more than 15 days altogether in every year, as may be prescribed, and may for that purpose be called out for not less than 6 or more than 15 days altogether in every year, as may be prescribed.
6. If you, without leave or reasonable excuse, fail to attend the number of drills required or fulfill the conditions relating to preliminary or annual training prescribed for your arm or branch of the service, you render yourself liable to a fine not exceeding £5 (or such other sum as may be fixed by Parliament).
7. If you are called out for service by a Proclamation ordering the Army Reserve to be called out on permanent service, you will be liable to render permanent service for a further period not exceeding 12 months.
8. When in time of national emergency the Army Reserve or any part of it is called out on permanent service, the Territorial Army or any part of it is called out on permanent service, the Territorial Army or any part of it is liable to be called out on permanent service. Any man who has been ordered to be present himself at a specified place or time on embodiment, fails to attend at that place or time, and who has not previously obtained leave of absence, renders himself liable to punishment for desertion.
9. Under the general statutory provisions of service you are not bound to serve (a) outside the United Kingdom, or (b) in any unit except a Territorial Army unit of the Corps to which you are appointed on enlistment. It is intended, however, that in the event of a great National Emergency, Parliament may be asked to pass a special Act:— (i) authorizing the despatch of the Territorial Army, or any part of it, outside the United Kingdom after its embodiment, (ii) making you liable for general service after embodiment to be transferred to any corps and posted to any unit of the Regular Forces or Territorial Army after embodiment. You will be required on attestation to sign an agreement (on Army Form E501B) to serve outside the United Kingdom, and to be available for general service after embodiment if an Act of Parliament as aforesaid is passed.
10. If you undertake the obligation under Section 13 (2) (b) of the Territorial & Reserve Forces Act, 1907, you will be required on attestation to sign an agreement (on Army Form E 622) to come up for actual mijitary service for purposes of defence in the United Kingdom if called upon to do so under the authority of the Secretary of State, even though no order calling out the Territorial Army for actual military service is in force at the time.
11. You will be required to deliver up in good order, fair wear and tear alone excepted, at such time and place as may be ordered by the Commanding Oficer, all arms, clothing and appointments issued to you being public property including the property of the County Association). If you fail to carry out these requirements you will be liable for the value of any arms, clothing and appointments not delivered up in good order. Such value will, if not determined by a Civil Court, be assessed if the case is dealt with by a Court Martial, or if not so dealt with by the County Association or by your Commanding Officer acting on its behalf.
12. Until duly discharged you will remain a soldier of the Territorial Army. Except when a proclamation ordering the Army Reserve to be called out on permanent service is m force vou may obtam vour discharge before the end of your current term of service by:– (a) Giving to your Commanding Officer three months’ notice in writing, or such less notice as may be prescribed, of your desire to be discharged; and (b) Paying, for the use of your County Association, such sum as may be prescribed, not exceeding {5 (or such other sum as may be fixed by Parliament); and (c) Delivering up in good order, fair wear and tear only excepted, at such time and place as may be ordered by the Commanding Officer, all arms, clothing and appointments issued to you, being public property (including the property of the County Association), or in cases where for any good and sufficient cause the delivery of the property aforesaid is impossible, on paying the value thereof The Association has power to dispense either wholly or in part with all or any of the conditions in (a) (b) and (6), if it appears that the reasons for which the discharge is claimed are of sufficient urgency or weight.
13. If a soldier of the Territorial Army enlists into the Army Reserve without being discharged from the Territorial Army, the terms and conditions of his service with the Army Reserve shall be those applicable to him as a man belonging to the Army Reserve.
14. If a soldier of the Territorial Army enlists into the Regular Army or Supplementary Reserve (Militia), he shall be deemed discharged from the Territorial Army. but nevertheless be liable to deliver up all public property, including property of the County Association issued to him. Except for Family Allowance purposes and certain other circumstances provided from time to time, the age declared by a man on first enlistment into the Regular Army, Royal Marines, Army Reserve or Territorial Army will be taken to be his official age for that or any subsequent enlistment into any of those Forces.
15. You will be asked by the Justice, Officer or other person authorised to attest recruits to answer the questions printed on the back hereof.
16. It will be noted that the following classes are not allowed to enlist (o re-enlist) in the Territorial Army:– (a) Men belonging to any corps of the Royal Navy, Regular Army, Royal Marines, Royal Air Porce, Militia (including the Supplementary Keserve), Territorial Army or Reserves to these corps.– (b) Men who have been discharged from those forces or from the Roval Irish Constabulary, or Royal Ulster Constabulary (i) as unfit for further service (unless pronounced by the medical authority, having complete knowledge of the cause of discharge. to be fully fit for service): (ii) for misconduct; or (iii) with a bad or an indifferent character.– (c) Men who have been convicted of a serious criminal offence. (d) Foreigners. (e)Members of any police force in England, Scotland and Wales (not including special constables) and members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (including Special Constabulary). (f) Men in receipt of disability pensions. (g) Members of the Army Recruiting Staff. (h) Employees of Army Record and Pay Offices. (i) Civilians employed as mobilization storemen.
17. Except as stated above you should remember that the age given by you at the time of enlistment and shown on your attestation paper is your official age, and you will be held to serve under it.

Signature of the Non-Commissioned Officer.