§ 79. Mr. W. Griffithsasked the Minister of Defence whether he will now give instructions that when a member of Her Majesty's forces serving abroad is killed in an accident the body will be brought to the United Kingdom for burial at public expense should the next of kin desire it.
§ Mr. SandysIt is a practice of long standing that members of the forces who die overseas are buried where they die, save in very exceptional circumstances. In my view, this practice is sound and should be maintained.