How officers responded to the Geddes Axe

When the Geddes Axe cut the services, was anything like an officers' mutiny likely?

There was some friction, and some officers who left entered Parliament. Many capable officers later returned to wartime commands involving merchant cruisers and convoys.

Some naval officers released after the Geddes Axe entered Parliament at the next election. The suggestion that the Navy encouraged politically ambitious officers to take that route is presented through a humorous imagined conversation. Their departure did not mean they lacked professional ability. Many promising officers were recalled when the Second World War began and given commands involving armed merchant cruisers, convoys, and other duties. The Navy therefore recovered experience it had released during the cuts.