Cost of a Warrior
The approximate cost of putting fighting men into the field has been worked out by the Bulletin of International News. In the Great War the cost of every man in the field amounted to £177, This included food, clothing, pay, medical services, training quarters, movements and separation allowances, Added to this was guns, ammunition, tanks, small arms, etc., which amounted to another £164, making a total of £340 a head. The cost to-day is estimated at about £600 a head because of increased costs. The Royal Air Force is the most expensive. Under modern conditions it requires at least £2,500 a man every year. In the Royal Navy the figure’ is about £650 a man, which includes all but new buildings.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 41, 5 April 1940, Page 3
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125Cost of a Warrior New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 41, 5 April 1940, Page 3
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