HC Deb 04 August 1925 vol 187 cc1133-4
12. Mr. BROMLEY

asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that, following the death of Signalman Eric B. Cameron at Cologne on Saturday, 19th July, his parents received no notification of his death until the following Monday afternoon, and so were prevented from taking any part in the inquiry into the cause of death, and had no opportunity of dealing with the suggestion there made that the tragedy was due to family troubles; and whether, seeing that the military authorities in Cologne did not at once notify the parents of the occurrence, he will institute an inquiry into the matter with a view to preventing any repetition of such action?

Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS

In-quiries have been instituted into the failure to carry out the Regulations in this case. I will communicate further with the hon. Member when I have received the report which is now awaited from the military authorities on the Rhine.