Help with reason for army discharge

jdrobinson

Hi,
This is a long shot but was wondering if anyone can help?My partner was discharged from the Army 20 yrs ago and the reason for discharge was given as a paragragh number,I'm looking for anyone who knows wot these paragraphs are if at all possible,Many thanks to anyone in advance if you can help me.

System

The paragraph reference probably refers to Queens Regulations for the Army. I am not sure where you can view this.
The RN version is here but I would think the discharge reasons are common across all services

martinbuckley

Whats the paragraph no? Tell us and I'll have a look and give you the definition.

jdrobinson

Hiya,
Thank you both for your replies.its paragraph 5.071

goonarmy

Why dont you ask your partner?

jdrobinson

He doesnt know which is the reason I posted my question

martinbuckley

From Army QRs:

5.071. No member of the Regular Army is permitted without the express permission of the Defence Council to take
official cognisance of or to assist officially any private association that is not recognized by the Defence Councils as
forming part of the Army or of the educational and training establishments supplementary thereto.

That doesnt sound at all like a reason for discharge. Para 9.071 is where the Terms of Service start, but there are many sub-paras, so you will have to be more specific if you want an exact definition.

(feel free to click the Thanks button)

ulysseuk

jdrobinson wrote: »

He doesnt know which is the reason I posted my question

I'm sorry but, if you were told you were effectively 'losing' your job (being discharged), you would be told fully the reasons why and if you didn't understand, why didn't you ask there and then.........not 20 years later?

jdrobinson

Sorry but at the time he wasnt 'fit' to understand what was happening.Thanks everyone who tried to help me,its really appreciated.

scotch658

Hi there, just thought I would give you some possible help. Round about 1993 the army had made some major redundancies, so it may be due to that, also the paragraph that you quoted could be almost anything. I suspect it would be to do with the armed forces redundcies scheme.

Iain

Fergie76

Try an FOI request.