THE grieving mothers of two soldiers who died at Europe's largest army base are to take their fight for a public inquiry to Westminister.

Lynn Farr and Claudia Beckley-Lines will attend a public meeting on Wednesday, June 18, which will call for an independent investigation into all non-combatant deaths at UK Army bases, including Catterick Garrison.

Mrs Farr, whose son, Daniel, died at Catterick in 1997, will address MPs. She will be joined by Ms Beckley-Lines whose son, William, collapsed and died at Catterick Garrison in 1998 after a forced march.

Mrs Farr said: "I have been invited to talk about Catterick Garrison and the deaths that have occurred there.

"We are also trying to get as many families whose children have died at Catterick to come along and speak out. We definitely want there to be a public inquiry into all these deaths." The meeting has been organised by MP and former Northern Ireland spokesman Kevin McNamara and is supported by Amnesty International. The charity is also supporting the call for a public inquiry.

Led by Mr McNamara 166 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion backing calls for a nationwide examination of the way peacetime deaths are investigated.