Join the Navy and See the World: 20. Money Matters.

This story is submitted to the People's War Website by David Thacker, a volunteer from BBC Radio Northampton, on behalf of his Mother, Isabella, wife of the late Len Thacker, and has been added to the site with her permission. She fully understands and accepts the site's terms and conditions.
Len listed his pay in a W/T Operator’s log as follows. (PO here stands for Post Office, his employment when he volunteered as a Hostilities Only Rating in 1941.)
"Pay.
PO Yearly Increments March 9th.
From March 9th 1943:

PO Full £2.18s.6d.
Naval £1.9s.9d
PO Dedeuctions 1s.6d
Balance £1.7s.3d
As from June 4th1943 (Date of Marriage)
Balance of Civil Pay decreased by 21/6d in lieu of Marriage Allowance.
Total Earnings for Year Ended April 5th 1943 £126.18s.0d. (Income Tax Papers Returned 20th May.)
£16.10s.0d Debt by PO overpayment regained during period Sept 1943 to March 1944.

From March 1944:
PO Full £3.7s.6d
Naval £1.16s.9d.
Marriage Allowance £1.1s.6d.
Income Tax 1s.9d.
Authorised Deductions 1s.6d
Balance 6s.0d."

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