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Mr. Viggers
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what visits to war cemeteries are being arranged in the current financial year for war widows under the scheme announced by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Mailing (Mr. Stanley), on 22 October 1984, Official Report, column 471.
Mr. Stanley
For the first year of the new Government-funded scheme, The Royal British Legion's programme of visits to overseas war graves planned so far is as follows:
Country/Region | Area Covered |
Italy (South) | Salerno, Cassino, Anzio, Caserta, Naples |
Tunisia | All war cemeteries |
Japan/Hong Kong | Yokohama/Hong Kong |
S Germany | Munich, Dumbach |
Somme | Arras, Amiens, Theipval, Vimy, Pozieres, Beaumont Hamil |
Normandy | All war cemeteries |
Luxembourg and Belgium | Horton, Brussels |
Germany | Hamburg, Hanover, Soltau, Berlin |
Holland | All mainland cemeteries including Rheinberg and Reischswald Forest |
Italy (North) | Argenta Gap, Florence, Coriano Ridge, Ancona, Faenza, Forli, Santerno |
Egypt | El Alamein, Cairo, Alexandria |
Belgium | Menin Gate, Ypres Salient Cemeteries |
Thailand | Kanchanburi, Chungkai |