CLASP, TO 1914 STAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17338, 9 December 1919, Page 9

CLASP, TO 1914 STAR.

A NOTABLE DISTINCTION. SOME EARLY CAMPAIGNERS. , [FROM our OWN correspondent. ] ' # LONDON, Oct. 20. It is interesting to know that the i King has approved of the issue of a clasp to officers, warrant officers, I , non-commissioned officers, __ and men' i who have been awarded the " 1914 Star " and who actually served under the ' fire of the enemy in France and Belgium ■ between August 5, 1914, and midnight of November 22 and 23, 1914. The clasp I will be in bronze and will bear the inscription " August 5-November 22, 1914." ! In undress and service uniform, when j ' ribbons are worn, the grant of the clasp ! will be denoted by the wearing of a . • small silver rose in the centre of the I ' ribbon. Quite a number of New Zea-1 ; landers are entitled to wear this clasp a? > well as a number of officers in the British Army who are known in New Zealand or , ' hav connections there. Some of particu- ' lar interest to Aucklanders are the fol- I lowing :— Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Choyce, R.A.M.C. (Auckland), qualified with the Australian Hospital; Captain T. E. Escourt, Scots Greys (A.D.C. to Lord Islington in New Zealand); LieutenantColonel B. C. Freyberg, V.C., D.5.0., formerly R.N. Division, now Grenadier Guards (Wellington); Lieutenant-Colonel I C. J. A. Griffin, D.5.0., R.A.M.C. I (Auckland); Lieutenant-Colonel G. C. Hamilton, D.5.0., Grenadier Guards ' (A.D.C. to Lord Islington in New Zealand) ; Captain Lionel A. Lewis, I R.A.M.C. (Waikato); Sergeant F. J. Lones, Ambulance Flotilla, R.A.M.C. (Auckland) ; Major Cnthbert T. McLean, Royal Fusiliers and R.E.C. (Auckland); Arthur Richardson, R.N.D. (Auckland); Miss B. H. Dormer-Maunder (Rangitikei)' j