HC Deb 28 November 1922 vol 159 c511W
Sir W. de FRECE

asked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of missing soldiers to whose dependants any pension or allowance has been refused on the ground that the said soldiers are, rightly or wrongly, officially classed as deserters?

Major TRYON

No claim to widow's or dependant's pension can arise under the Royal Pensions Warrant until the man's death has been established or officially presumed by the Service Department concerned.

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