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UIN 36820
HMT Lancastria
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10 March 2025
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17 March 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People will meet with (a) survivors, (b) relatives and (c) friends of people affected by the sinking of RMS Lancastria during the Second World War to
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10 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People will meet with (a) survivors, (b) relatives and (c) friends of people affected by the sinking of RMS Lancastria during the Second World War to
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17 March 2025
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The sinking of the HMT Lancastria remains the United Kingdom's worst maritime disaster. Although it occurred almost 85 years ago, the loss of several thousand servicemen and civilians, and the fortitude of those who were saved that day, must never be forg...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-10/36820
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1782863
- uk · wq-1782863 · source updated 17 March 2025