Veterans: World War II
Commons · Question 73558 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commemoration the contribution of British famers to national security (a) through their service in the Home Guard and (b) supervision of pr
Answer
Answered by Al Carns, 8 Sep 2025
The Ministry of Defence has made no such assessment. Farmers played an important role in the national effort to defeat Nazism, including through their service in the Home Guard and the supervision of prisoners of war. Farmers who undertook actual military...