HC Deb 12 February 1946 vol 419 c54W
Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for War under which Section of the Army Act a British soldier is prevented from marrying an Italian or German girl.

Mr. Lawson

In a command where there is a General Routine Order in force prohibiting marriage with women of certain nationalities a soldier who disobeyed the Order would be liable to a charge under Section II of the Army Act. It has been decided by His Majesty's Government that marriages between members of the Forces and German or Austrian women should be prohibited, but there is no General Routine Order forbidding marriages with Italian women.