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Egypt: World War I |
| Question ID: |
1727769 |
| UIN: |
HL783 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4719 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
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| Asking Member handle: |
natalieben
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@natalieben
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 25 January 2023 (HL4903), what progress they have made towards (1) identifying and marking the graves of Egyptians who died serving the UK during the First World War, inc |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-19 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
360 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Coaker
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| Answering Member handle: |
Vernon_Coaker
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Vernon_Coaker
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| Answer text: |
In its work to identify and mark the graves of the Egyptian Labour Corps and Camel Transport Corps, the Commonwealth War Graves Committee (CWGC) has established that more than 327,000 Egyptians served alongside Commonwealth forces across the Middle East, ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |