Sir N. GRIFFITHSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that many of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men in the first Expeditionary Force who fought at the battles of Mons and Ypres have, owing to the stress and strain of the early stages of the War, been unintentionally over looked; and whether His Majesty's Government will ask those commanding officers now living who were in a position of responsibility to formulate for consideration particulars of any special deed of gallantry which deserved recommendation?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am afraid it is not now practicable to reopen this question. I might mention that when the Military Medal was instituted in 1916, 10,000 awards were made for services rendered in the earlier part of the War.