HC Deb 27 February 1945 vol 408 c1209
4. Mr. Loverseed

asked the Secretary of State for War what are the circumstances under which Mr. A. W. Tann, a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy, was arrested as an absentee from the Army whilst lying in Greenwich Hospital suffering from the effects of five shrapnel wounds and delayed shock inflicted upon him in the D-day operations in the performance of his duties in the Merchant Navy.

Sir J. Grigg

Mr. Tann is now in the Army and I can assure the hon. Member that it would not be to his advantage for me to answer fully. The facts I have are largely at variance with the facts given in the Question, and with the statements made by the hon. Member to the Press. But I will send him the information I have and if he then wishes to pursue the matter in public, I am perfectly agreeable.