HC Deb 30 June 1932 vol 267 c2021
73. Mr. LAWSON

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that a youth named John Lambton, who had joined the Foreign Legion before he was 18 years of age and whose parents live at Chester-le-Street, Durham, was reported as killed while on sentry duty in Fez; that the only communication the parents have had on the matter has been from the British Consul, but that there has been no word from the French authorities as to the manner of death or place of burial; and whether he will take steps to ascertain the facts about this youth's death, place of burial, and personal belongings left, or any pension or posthumous decoration to which-his parents may be entitled?

Mr. EDEN

I have received no information regarding this case, but I am calling for a report on it from the British Vice-Consul at Fez.