HC Deb 09 December 1902 vol 116 cc450-1
MAJOR, RASCH () Essex, Chelmsford

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether it is intended to grant the King's medal to officers and men, who, after serving Her late Majesty, were, on account of wounds or illness (attributable to service in the field), contracted while serving the King, unable, to return to South Africa between 1st January and 1st May, 1902.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, Guildford

As I have already explained to the House, service in South Africa for some period between 1st January and 1st June, 1902, is held to be essential in order to earn the King's Medal. All officers or men who were invalided early in the war and returned between those periods are eligible, even if they did not compleate eighteen months service.

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