§ Colonel Sir H. GREENWOODasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that men who served on the hospital ships bringing home the wounded from France between the outbreak of war and the 22nd November, 1914, have had the riband of the 1914 Star, which they were previously wearing, withdrawn on the ground that they were not entitled to it; is he aware that one of these ships served for a time between the above-mentioned dates as a base hospital and that the men had to go ashore to carry off the wounded from the tramcars and do picquet duty; and whether such duties come within the terms of Army Order 350 of 1917?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONIt has been decided that the personnel of hospital ships are not entitled to the award of the 1914 Star by virtue of the service thereon. If my hon. and gallant Friend will furnish me with the name of the ship which was used as a base hospital, I will inquire into the case.