§ Brigadier Raynerasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that where men were killed in the war with less than six months' service their dependants cannot be granted a gratuity in respect of them; and whether, in the case of parents who are not eligible for pensions, he will make some grant in the case of such men since the parents feel that, although they lost a son in the war, no recognition is available to them.
§ Mr. LawsonWar gratuity is an award to the soldier for war service and is dependent on at least six months' service. It would not be appropriate to make an exception to the normal rules in the case of those who are killed, nor do I feel that a small grant to the parents would be a suitable recognition of their loss.