§ Commander H. CRAIGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been directed to a decision whereby officers and men belonging to His Majesty's hospital ships who were landed in France for ambulance duty during the period entitling to the 1914 Star have been held to be not entitled to that decoration; and whether, in view of the services performed by these Royal Naval medical units in evacuating large numbers of our wounded from France and Flanders during that period, the claim of the naval ratings concerned will be considered?
§ Mr. PRETYMANThe award of the 1914 Star is limited to those on the establishments (f units landed specifically for shore2342W service, and any naval medical detachments so serving are eligible. It is not extended, however, to cover casual landings, such as may be made by the staffs of hospital ships in connection with, their duties in the collection and embarkation of wounded, and the same rule is followed by the War Office in respect of the Royal Army Medical Corps personnel of hospital ships.