Petition 1062 (pdf size 213 KB posted 12.06.2007)
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Petition by
Mark Hirst
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Closed Petitions - Petition PE1062
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Petition by Mark Hirst, on behalf of the Lancastria Association of Scotland, calling for the Scottish Parliament to commission a commemorative medal to be awarded to all those (or the relatives of victims, or relatives of survivors who have now passed away) who were aboard the troopship Lancastria on 17th June 1940 when she was sunk by German bombers, claiming the lives of an estimated 4000 people, mostly troops of the British Expeditionary Force, and which resulted in Britain’s worst ever maritime disaster and worst single loss of life for British forces in the whole of World War 2, in recognition of the sacrifice of the victims and the endurance of those survivors who have tried to keep the memory of their fallen comrades alive for the past 67 years.
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Petitioner:
Mark Hirst
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| On behalf of: Lancastria Association of Scotland |
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Number of signatures:
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156
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Date lodged:
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12 June 2007
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| SPICe Briefing: Briefing for PE1062 |
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Summary:
Written Submissions for PE1062
6 November 2007 : The Committee agreed to seek responses to the petition from the Ministry of Defence, the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Link to Official Report 06 November 2007
29 January 2008 : The Committee agreed to close consideration of this petition on the grounds that the Scottish Government has undertaken to provide a commemorative medal for each of the families of Scots killed or who survived. In closing the petition, the Committee considered that the Scottish Government should keep the petitioner informed of how it is taking this undertaking forward. Link to Official Report 29 January 2008
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