§ 148. Mr. Skeffington-Lodgeasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will now make a full statement, including details of the court-martial findings, regarding the case in which a German boy, Andreas Noterski, met his death by shooting at the hands of Captain Colin R. Park of the Black Watch and Lieutenant John Armstrong of the 11th Hussars, who are serving officers in the British zone of Germany.
§ Mr. BellengerMy information is that on 3rd August these two officers drove out into the country in an armoured car. When they came to a deserted part of the countryside, one of the officers fired the machine gun. A boy who was walking 85W with his mother along the road, out of sight, was hit. The officers were court-martialled on 7th October on a charge of manslaughter, were found guilty, and were both sentenced to be cashiered. The sentence was promulgated on 8th November.