HC Deb 01 February 1944 vol 396 c1106
16. Commander Locker-Lampson

asked the Secretary of State for War how many Jews have fought in the Middle East in our Armies there, in the Far East, and the British Isles.

Sir J. Grigg

There are at present over 40,000 Jews in the British Army and in the local Forces in the Middle East.

Major-General Sir Alfred Knox

Has the right hon. Gentleman got the number of Gentiles?