§ COLONEL BRIDGEMAN (Bolton)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether the British and Indian Troops, and the New South Wales Volunteers, employed in the Soudan in 1885, will receive the Khedive's bronze star for their services?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Air. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)Her Majesty has approved of all the troops (including the Indian Contingent and the New South Wales Volunteers) who have received medals for service in the Soudan in 1884, 1885, and 1886 wearing the bronze star which His Highness the Khedive is about to confer.