Soldiers, B.A.O.R. (Deaths)

HC Deb 25 October 1962 vol 664 cc224-5W

Mr. Mason

asked the Secretary of State for War how many soldiers have died whilst serving with the British Army of the Rhine during the last twelve months; and how many of those were buried in Germany.

Mr. Profumo

Figures for the last twelve months are not immediately available. In 1961, however, 59 soldiers died in B.A.O.R., of whom 45 were buried in Germany.