HEROES OF WAR
■■‘TOTAL/.‘OF BRITISH-;. AWARDS. Australian/ and N.Z, Cable’ Association. . LONDON, February 5. iAn .official .statement on waividg of war honours.states that the total number conferred upon the British forces is 247,680, and npon . the Indian forces 1 6588;.“ , The .'list includes -679 Victoria I Grosses - and' two bars; -and 8991 Dig- 1 Unwished Service Orders, and 784 1 bars, A coihpaxisou attached show* I that 3Zl4.;honours 'W’ero!;conferred fori the Boer War, when the,troopsiin : jthoi field . numbered 448,435, against, ap- ■ prpximateJy,... six, millions in the late war.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10507, 7 February 1920, Page 7
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88HEROES OF WAR New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10507, 7 February 1920, Page 7
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