§ Captain W. BENNasked the Secretary for War whether he is aware that a Scottish battalion en route to ship to Gallipoli in May, 1915, was involved in the Gretna railway disaster; and whether, in view of the fact that the battalion suffered very severely when thus under orders for overseas service, it would be possible to extend to the survivors the privilege of wearing the 1914–15 Star?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLEntry on duty in a theatre of war is an essential condition for the award of every war medal, and I am afraid no exception can be made in the case of the men of the battalion mentioned by my hon. and gallant Friend.