HC Deb 21 October 1941 vol 374 c1605
27. Major-General Sir Alfred Knox

asked the Secretary of State for War whether relatives of soldiers reported missing still apply for further information to the casualty Department of the War Office or to the Fed Cross Society?

Captain Margesson

As soon as any reliable information about a missing man comes to hand it is immediately conveyed to his next-of-kin by the appropriate record office. No application by the relatives is necessary.

Sir A. Knox

As the relatives of British prisoners of war are continually writing to Members of Parliament and making various applications, ought we to send the applications to the War Office or to the Red Cross?

Captain Margesson

They should be sent to the War Office.