HC Deb 27 October 1975 vol 898 cc333-4W
Mr. Litterick

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many members and former members of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Army, respectively, have qualified for the award of the General Service Medal 1962, with Clasp Dhofar for service in the Dhofar Province of Oman, up to the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

I regret that these figures are not available; applications

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Royal Navy:
Church of England 84 84 84 84 75 75 73 71 71 71 72
Church of Scotland and Free Churches 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 19
Roman Catholic 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15
Army:
Church of England 151 151 151 151 151 151 147 138 133 133 133
Church of Scotland and Free Churches 38 38 38 38 38 38 37 35 35 35 35
Roman Catholic 37 37 37 37 37 37 36 34 33 33 33
Royal Air Force:
Church of England 89 89 84 80 77 77 79 80 80 80 78
Church of Scotland and Free Churches 37 37 35 35 34 33 32 31 30 30 24
Roman Catholic 29 29 26 27 27 24 23 21 20 20 16

for the medal and clasp have been called for but when they are received it will take some time to forward and process all of them.

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