HC Deb 29 July 1926 vol 198 cc2319-20
75. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Secretary of State for War how many British soldiers in the Army of Occupation in Germany have married German women to date?

The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Sir Laming Worthington-Evans)

The total number of such marriages recorded in the Army Register of Marriages, from the beginning of the occupation up to the end of 1925, is 648.

Captain ARTHUR EVANS

Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether these figures relate solely to men married on the strength or off the strength?

Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS

They include those who are reported in the Army Register of Marriages.