§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when Mr. Dennis Thomas, a constituent of the hon. Member for Ilford, South, will receive the campaign stars and medals earned by his service in the second world war402W with the British Army in India and Malaya; and when he first applied to. the Army medal office for these decorations.
§ Mr. HanleyMr. Thomas applied to the Army medal office for his medals in November 1992. That office expects to issue Mr. Thomas with his full medal entitlement in the very near future. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence will write to the hon. Member to advise him of the outcome: of Mr. Thomas's claim, as soon as his full entitlement of awards is known.