Military Service (Widow's Only Son)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance. – in the House of Commons at on 30 January 1940.

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Photo of Mr Reginald Sorensen Mr Reginald Sorensen , Leyton West

Is he aware that there are of her reasons than those of a financial character, and that other lands have allowed this extension to widows' only sons? Is he aware of the peculiar tragedy of a woman who lost her husband in the last war and who now faces the possibility of losing her only son in this war? Cannot he do something in this regard on humanitarian grounds?