§ 34. Mr. THURTLEasked the Secretary of State for War for what offences 12 soldiers were sentenced to death during the years 1920, 1921 and 1922, as shown on page 50 of the General Annual Report of the British Army for the year ended 30th September, 1924?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSIn eleven of these eases the offence was murder: in the twelfth case, the offence was mutiny. All the executions were for offences committed abroad; nine out of the twelve men belonged to native or locally raised units.