A rock and a hard place? Ministry of Defence | Defence News | MOD confirms loss of recruitment data

[James Cox]

On 18 Feb 2008, at 16:55, Ian Batten wrote:

>
> On 18 Feb 08, at 1555, Dr Adrian Midgley (In the office) wrote:
>
>> James Cox wrote:
>>> There are strong medical reasons why such information is  
>>> necessary. Next of kin, anyone?
>> That would:-
>> a) require the contact details of the next of kin
>
> Next of kin is a fun area, anyway.  My great uncle Tom (my mother's  
> mother's brother) died last week, aged 81, in Exeter.  He has a  
> surviving sister-in-law, not herself in good health, but his five  
> siblings died over the last twenty years.
>
> ....
>
> So, who's the ``next of kin'' in this scenario?

Whomever steps up to the plate.