§ Sir J. JARDINEasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether Private A. G. Steel, No. 16,091, F Company, No. 7 Platoon, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, has been missing since 25th November, 1917; whether the War Office has received any information that he was seen wounded, shot through the lungs, and that he refused a stretcher party, or whether he has been accounted for otherwise; and whether any communication has been made to his relatives at Kelso?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThis soldier has just been reported wounded and missing on 26th November, and a notification should now have reached the next-of-kin. There is no further information in the War Office, and I should be glad of any particulars in the possession of my hon. Friend.