§ 61. Mr. W. COOTEasked the Prime Minister, in view of a circular which is issued in the name of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and other Army officers of the Army asking for funds to erect a memorial in the Roman Catholic Cathedral, London, in which it is proposed to inscribe the names of all officers and men of Irish regiments fallen in the War, and bearing in mind that more than half of these men were Protestants whose friends have no sympathy with this sectarian effort, will he see that no names of officers or men are given for such purpose unless permission is first obtained from their relatives?
63. Lieut.-Colonel ALLENasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a circular has been issued from the Mansion House for a memorial to Irish regiments in the names of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, His Excellency Field Marshal Viscount French, and other officers of His Majesty's forces, stating that it is the intention of the memorialists that the memorial should take the form of a chapel in Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral, in which will be kept a liber vitæ containing the names of fallen officers and men of all Irish regiments, irrespective of creed; whether he is aware that the Ulster Division was entirely recruited from the Protestant population of Ulster, to whom such a memorial would be repugnant; and will he take the necessary steps to prohibit the authorities divulging the names of fallen 1651 soldiers whose relatives resent the use of the names of their sacred dead to add an additional chapel to the Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI would refer my hon. Friends to the answer which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War gave to a question on this subject on Tuesday last, to which I cannot add anything.