Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 20 February 1940.
Mr Alfred Denville
, Newcastle upon Tyne Central
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a soldier, a native of Newcastle-on- Tyne, who has served 28 years with the army and was due for discharge on the 4th February last, has been sent overseas with his battery, leaving his wife in a poor state of health, a certificate to that effect having been supplied, and in view of this man being a time-expired soldier and his only son having joined the Regular Army, will he have him transferred to home service?
Hon. Oliver Stanley
, Westmorland
Further inquiries are being made into this case, and I will communicate with my hon. Friend as soon as I am in a position to do so.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
