HC Deb 17 February 1919 vol 112 cc594-5W
Major HILLS

asked the Secretary of State for War whether soldiers in the Regular Army who have been prisoners of war and unable to extend their service so as to complete twenty-one years' service are now to be allowed to do so?

Captain GUEST

There is no intention of debarring any soldier from extending his service or re-engaging on the ground that he has been a prisoner of war, and in no case, so far as I am aware, has such an application been refused by the War Office.