asked the Secretary of State for War what action has been taken to mark permanently and organise the care of British soldiers' graves in Russia; whether he is aware that many isolated graves of British soldiers are situated along the banks of the Dwina and elsewhere, and unless immediate advantage is taken of the present summer conditions, the opportunity to take the necessary action will be lost; and whether he will state what was the total number of men lost in British expeditions to North Russia, and what proportion of these men are buried at base camps at Murmansk and Archangel?

The Imperial War Graves Commission have records of many isolated groups of graves on the Dwina and in other parts of North Russia, but under present conditions it is not feasible to erect memorials on graves in territories under direct control of the Soviet Government. Memorials have, however, been erected at Vladivostok and are being, or will be, erected in Finland, Esthonia, Latvia, Poland and other countries formerly forming part of the Russian Empire. Arrangements have also been made for the care of graves in different parts of the Caucasus. The number of deaths from all causes during the campaign in North Russia was 384 officers and other ranks. There are 79 graves at Archangel, 35 at Murmansk, and smaller numbers in many other places in those neighbourhoods.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the inconvenience now experienced by officers at the Maresfield Signal Training Centre by reason of its defective accommodation; when will he decide as to whether or no this training centre is to be permanently fixed at Maresfield; and what steps will he take to diminish the inconvenience and discomfort pending his decision on this question?

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will take measures to alleviate the crowded and unhealthy conditions under which officers at the signal training centre at Maresfield are now living; and, if so, when he will take such measures and what they will be?

I would refer to the reply which I gave to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for the Moss Side Division of Manchester on 21st June.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that those officers, non-commissioned officers, and men whose orders compelled them to remain in England during the War have, in many cases, been highly recommended, he has considered the justice of the claims to recognition of such men as these?

I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave on the 21st June to the Noble Lord the Member for Aldershot.