HC Deb 08 October 1940 vol 365 c266W
Sir R. Glyn

asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the anxiety caused, especially to soldiers serving in units recruited from county or industrial centres and now stationed at a distance from their homes, by vague references in the official statements reporting enemy action, arrangements will be made to publish in the Press, as soon as possible, the names of casualties and their addresses; and, if this is not considered to be in the public interest, whether some arrangements will be made whereby the local authority should communicate with the officers commanding units recruited in such districts, the most suitable corresponding arrangements also being made for the benefit of serving sailors and airmen?

Mr. H. Morrison

Arrangements have been made whereby members of the Armed Forces (including the Women's Services) may be specially notified by the appropriate Service Department in the event of members of their families or other near relatives being killed or injured in an air raid. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of a recent announcement describing the steps which should be taken by families wishing to avail themselves of these arrangements.

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