§ Sir C. OMANasked the Secretary of State for War why officers who in 1915 served for some time in the trenches in France or Flanders, discharging instructional duties without being definitely attached to any unit, are refused the 1915 star unless they chance to have been killed or wounded, while officers who were attached to units during the same period, but who never visited the trenches, are entitled to receive the said star?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe grant of the 1914–15 Star was confined to those who served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war. The rule was designed to exclude the large number of592W persons who paid visits to theatres of war for temporary purposes. I am not sure what is the class of officers referred to who discharged instructional duties without being attached to any unit; if the hon. Member will furnish me with particulars, I will have the cases enquired into.