HC Deb 02 May 1990 vol 171 cc596-600W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the war cemeteries and the countries in which they are located, to which visits have been arranged for war widows under the war widows pilgrimages scheme since the scheme's inception.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The information requested is as follows:

Thailand

  • Kanchanaburi
  • Chungkai

Israel

Ramleh

Burma

Rangoon, Htaukkyan

Gibraltar

France

  • Abbeville
  • Calais Martigny
  • Marquise
  • West Capol
  • Oye Plage
  • Beaurains
  • Beury
  • Romeries
  • Bayeus
  • Banneville
  • Secqueville
  • Ranville
  • Roques
  • Hottot-les-Baques
  • Foistay
  • Beny-sur-Mer
  • St. Desire
  • Bretteville
    • 597
  • St. Charles-de-Percy
  • St. Brieuc
  • Guidel
  • Fouesnant
  • Escoublac
  • Le Paradis
  • St. Omer
  • Morbeque
  • Boulogne
  • Dunkirk
  • Martigny
  • St. Remy
  • Etaples
  • Terlingthun
  • London Cem Extension
  • Mondicourt
  • St. Pierre
  • La Delivrende
  • Brouay
  • Tilly-sur-Seulles
  • Ryes
  • Hermanville
  • Cambes
  • Le Mans
  • Jerusalem
  • St. Manvieu
  • Fontenay
  • Guidel
  • Pornic
  • Pont du Cens
  • St. Nazaire
  • Quinquempoix
  • Tannay
  • Lille
  • Ste. Marie

Algeria

  • Bone
  • Le Reunion
  • El Alia
  • Deli Ibrahim

Indonesia

  • Djakarta
  • Ambon

Belgium

  • Koersal
  • Kasterlee
  • Leopoldsburg
  • Gent
  • Brussels
  • Adegem
  • Hasselt
  • Wevelgem
  • Terdechem
  • St. Sylvestre
  • Maldegem
  • Schoonselhof
  • Heverlee
  • Geel
  • Ostende
  • Ath
  • Esquelmes
  • Dozinghem
  • Hondeghem

Egypt

  • El Alamein
  • Alexandria (Hadra)
  • Moascar
  • Tel el Kebir
  • Ismaila
  • Fayid
  • Cairo (Heliopolis)
  • Cairo (War Memorial Cemetery)
  • Port Said

Greece

  • Phaleron

Crete

  • Suda Bay

Tunisia

  • Massicault
  • Beja
  • Enfidaville
  • Sfax
  • Medjez-el-bab
  • Thibar
  • Tabarka
  • Oued Zarga

Singapore

  • Kranji

Malaysia

  • Cheras Road
  • Tai Ping
  • Terendak
  • Penang

Labuan

  • Labuan

India

  • Madras
  • Delhi
  • Bhowanipore
  • Bombay

NE India(Kohima etc.)

  • Kohima
  • Imphal
  • Guwahati

Hong Kong

  • Sai Wan

Japan

  • Yokohama

Cyprus

  • Waynes Keep
  • Nicosia
  • Dhekelia

Kenya

  • Nairobi
  • Nakuru

Poland

  • Cracow
  • Malbork

Faroe Islands

  • Klakvik

Spain

  • Tarifa
  • Bilbao

Norway

  • Stavangar
  • Nesbyan
  • Kristiansand
  • Aarendaal

Ethiopia

  • Addis Abada

West Germany

  • Durnback
  • Soltau
  • Hamburg
  • Kiel
  • Reichswald Forest
  • Berlin
  • Munster
    • 599
  • Oldenburg
  • Hanover
  • Celle
  • Rheinberg

Italy

  • Salerno
  • Cassino
  • Minturno
  • Caserta
  • Sangro River
  • Bolsena
  • Ancona
  • Santerno Valley
  • Forli
  • Faenza
  • Padua
  • Florence
  • Assissi
  • Ravenna
  • Milan
  • Naples
  • Anzio
  • Orvieto
  • Rome
  • Bari
  • Coriano Ridge
  • Arezzo
  • Gradara
  • Argenta
  • Udine
  • Meldola
  • Foiano deal Chiano
  • Bologna
  • Castiglione

Holland

  • Jonkerbos
  • Woensal
  • Arnhem
  • Nijmegen
  • Overloon
  • Milsbeek
  • Venray
  • Bergen op Zoom
  • Rotterdam
  • St. Oedenrode
  • Berghoren
  • Friesen Islands
  • Groesbeek
  • Tilburg
  • Sittard
  • Uden
  • Emmen
  • Mook
  • Mierlo
  • Valkenswaard
  • Eindhoven
  • Hollandsche
  • Vlissingen

Sicily

  • Catania
  • Syracuse

Malta

  • Capuccini
  • Valletta
  • Pemborke
  • Bighi
  • Kalkara
  • Imtarfa

Madagascar

  • Diego Suarez

Azores

  • Terceira

Rhodes

Rhodes

Denmark

  • Aabenraa

Gulf States

  • Bahrain

Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the steps that have been taken by his Department to assist war widows since May 1979.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

In October 1984 a scheme was announced under which financial assistance would be provided to enable war widows to visit their deceased husband's grave overseas. The first visits under the scheme took place in April 1985, and the first main pilgrimage began on 8 May 1985.

In December 1989 it was announced that new special payments of £40 per week would be made to pre-1973 war widows. These payments began in April 1990.

Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the cost of the Government's financial contribution to the war widows pilgrimages scheme since the scheme's inception.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The Royal British Legion pilgrimages department administers the war widows pilgrimages scheme on our behalf and receives funding through an annual grant in aid paid in quarterly instalments. The annual grants in each year since the scheme's inception have been as follows:

£
1985–86 157,000
1986–87 187,000
1987–88 207,000
1988–89 167,000
1989–90 101,000

The amount to be paid during 1990–91 will total £196,000.

Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many war widows and members of their families have received financial help from the Government to visit war cemeteries under the war widows pilgrimages scheme in each year since the scheme's inception.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Government funding is provided only for war widows' visits. The following numbers of war widows have received assistance under the scheme:

War widows
1985 376
1986 467
1987 396
1988 216
1989 205