§ Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Secretary of State for War the total number of War medals issued during each of the years 1927 and 1928; and the total staff of the medals branch at the War Office during each of these periods?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe approximate numbers of medals, clasps, etc., issued in 1927 and 1928 were 37,000 and 28,500, respectively. The staff of the medals branch for the two years, as provided in Army Estimates, was two officers, 33 civilians and one officer, 21 civilians, respectively. The issue of medals, however, is not the only function of this branch.