§ 26. Mr. HOGGEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any distinctive mark, apart from the silver badge, is to be devised to protect men who are no longer fit for service from invidious treatment in public?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI do not know why my hon. Friend considers that anything is necessary beyond the silver badge. I would remind him that there are also wound stripes and chevrons for service overseas.
§ 27. Mr. HOGGEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he can make any announcement regarding any distinction to many officers and men who were called up at the beginning of the War and have served since but who were prevented from going abroad owing to other duties being allocated to them in connection with the Expeditionary Force?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe question of the award of medals for the present War is receiving careful consideration. The claims of those officers and soldiers who have served since the commencement of the War, but who have been prevented from going abroad, have not been lost sight of.