§ 24. Mr. GINNELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what communication is made to relatives of soldiers executed in pursuance of sentences of courts-martial and how soon after the death; if any are executed without sentence, what communication is made in their cases; and whether a record is kept of all such cases for reference after the War?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe next-of-kin are informed of the facts. This communication is made through the Record Office concerned on receipt of the official report from the base. I do not know what the hon. Member means by "executed without sentence." There is no execution except on sentence of a court-martial properly reviewed and confirmed. The proceedings of courts-martial are put on record.