HC Deb 14 July 1896 vol 42 cc1431-2
CAPTAIN GRICE-HUTCHINSON (Aston Manor)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether, in view of the fact that a decoration is to be issued to the troops employed in the late Ashanti expedition, he will reconsider the decision arrived at to withhold a medal from the British and Indian troops who served in the operations in Burmah and the Chin Hills in 1892–3?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (LORD GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, Ealing

After fully considering the question, I can see no reasons for modifying the decision arrived at in 1894 not to grant the Indian medal to troops who served in the operations in Burmah and the Chin Hills in 1892–3, and to that decision I must adhere.