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Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Thursday 26th November 1914

Concerns over conditions for the troops stationed at Frensham reached the floor of the House of Commons when a parliamentary question was asked by Mr. Jowett, MP for Bradford West:

He “asked the Under-Secretary of State for War (John Tennant) if he is aware that recruits stationed at Frensham Camp are writing home to their friends complaining of the conditions under which they have to spend the long winter evenings in camp, without fires or seats, and therefore always miserable and often sick; and if he will take steps to remove the cause of these complaints?"
Mr. Tennant replied that:

“No complaints have been received from the friends of troops stationed at Frensham, and the medical reports as to their general health are very good. These troops will be moved into barracks in a few days”.
Whatever the truth of his comments regarding complaints, Tennant’s promise of a move away from Frensham would indeed be made good within the next week.



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