| An application was made to the Home Secretary who could grant naturalisation. |
| Those eligible for naturalisation should be granted citizenship. |
| Participants will deliver an oath of allegiance to the Queen and a pledge of commitment to the United Kingdom, in what is now a compulsory part of the naturalisation process. |
| A spokesman for the immigration and naturalisation service, Kerry Gill, denied that publicity influenced handling of the case. |
| He had applied for naturalisation as a British subject, but at the outbreak of war he still held Italian nationality. |
| He signed the certificates of naturalisation for the 11 people. |
