HC Deb 10 June 1920 vol 130 c566
4. Major Sir BERTRAM FALLE

asked the Minister of Pensions if he can give the reason why the death of Bugler Victor Edward Stimpson, No. 37,591, Royal Engineers, cannot be accepted as having occurred while in the performance of military duties, seeing that this lad of 17 was swept off the Dover breakwater whilst on duty, and that the verdict of the Coroner's jury was accidentally drowned?

Mr. MACPHERSON

The evidence in this case is not conclusive one way or the other, and I propose personally to investigate it further.