Overseas Deaths (United Kingdom Burial)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 June 1964.

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Photo of Mr James Ramsden Mr James Ramsden , Harrogate 12:00, 10 June 1964

The difficulty is that military transport is not always available within the prerequisite time bracket. If as the Question suggests it came to a contribution towards the cost, part from us and part from the next of kin, we should run into difficulty because some next of kin might not be able to afford any of the cost. We have gone into this matter with immense care and I see no possibility of making progress from the present position.