§ 99. Flight-Lieutenant Haireasked the Secretary of State for War the number and type of decorations won in the past war by Servicemen and women normally resident in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. BellengerI regret that complete figures for all three Services are not available. In the case of the Army the figures available relate to officers and other ranks born in Northern Ireland or who had next-of-kin resident there, and in the case of the R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. to those normally resident in Northern Ireland. No figures are readily available in the case of the Navy. On these bases the awards to Army and Royal Air Force personnel excluding mentions in despatches and King's commendations were at least 264 and 263 respectively. This total of 527 included 22 D.S.O.s, 53 M.C.s, 163 D.F.C.s, 6 G.M. S, 135 M.M. S and 77 D.F.M.s.
§ 100. Flight-Lieutenant Haireasked the Secretary of State for War the total number of the various decorations awarded in the three Services respectively.
§ Mr. BellengerThe approximate number of awards made, other than Mentions in Despatches and King's Commendations, from the beginning of the war to the end of 1945, was 104,000, of which about 18,100, 51,80o and 34,100 were granted in the Navy, Army and Air Force respectively, including Dominion, Indian, Burma and Colonial Forces.