Troops, Iceland (Leave).

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 17 December 1941.

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asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that many British soldiers in Iceland are now facing the prospect of spending their third consecutive Christmas in Iceland without having had any leave; and will he do everything possible to afford these soldiers the earliest opportunity of meeting their families in this country?