§ 40. Mr. THORNEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can give any information in connection with the death of Gunner Lancaster, a recruit of the 4th Training Battery, Royal Artillery, Woolwich, who was taken ill and died at the Woolwich baths; and whether he can state the cause of death?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Douglas Hacking)Inquiries have been made into this sad loss of a young soldier, but they do not enable me to add to the information which was given at the inquest and reported in the Press. The verdict at the inquest was "death by misadventure," and the opinion was expressed that death was due to drowning following a fainting attack.