Lieut.-Colonel Lindsayasked the Secretary of State for War if he will give an estimate of the numbers of Service personnel killed, after capture by Germans, contrary to the Geneva Convention; and how many prosecutions against those responsible have taken place or are about to take place.
§ Mr. LawsonFive hundred and twenty-one British Commonwealth prisoners of war are at present listed as having met violent deaths after capture by the Germans. This total excludes cases being investigated by B.A.O.R. and not yet registered. One prosecution has taken place, one is now proceeding and three others are due shortly. Of the remainder, a large number are complete and prosecution awaits the identification of accused known by name and description, while other cases are unlikely to come to trial because either the accused are dead or are unidentified.