HC Deb 07 November 1916 vol 87 c71W
Mr. BROOKES

asked the Secretary of State for War whether the official pattern trench stretcher can be used in narrow trenches under twenty-six inches wide; and whether the authorities have considered the possibility of obtaining a new-type of stretcher with which the handling of the wounded under these circumstances could be more expeditious and efficacious?

Mr. FORSTER

The Army Council have no information to show that the official trench stretcher does not meet requirements. It is twenty inches in width.