The Geneva Convention does not impose any obligation on the detaining power to pay compensation to the relatives of a prisoner of war whose captivity is terminated by death whatever may be the cause. In cases such as that mentioned in the Question, the view of His Majesty's Government has been that compensation is a matter for settlement by the proper authorities in the man's own country. Where a British prisoner of war was killed during the period of his captivity by the enemy, the death is accepted as due to service and the pension awards are made by the Ministry of Pensions.