6,300 WAR MEDALS FOR Y.M.C.A.
191-1-15 STAR FOR 500.
The War Office has notified the Y.M.C.A. that the British War Medal i-i to be awarded to all who '.erven with tho Y.M.C.A. in any of tiie war areas, ami iiie ISHMfi S'.ar to those who si-rved <i'.ersei:.s between August, 1:111, and December '.il. 1015. An ollieial oi' the Y.M.C.A. wo a "11a,ily Mail" representalive' the approximate number of those who are enlilitd to the divoialions, which totals (SOO. made up as. fallows 131-l-l."i Star—.Men, Kid: women. W. liriti.-h War ileaal.--.Me;,, -11-00; women. ].V.XI. Refcrrimr to the above decision, "Army Chaplain" wrivos in the "Daily Mail": —"Can nothing be done lo slap this j;re!it ini(if.tic<*r 'Tommy' has risked his life f or rwo. three, or four years in the li'enehe-:. and now his nHirb-pri;;:d and dearly-boughi rlb'oons are to be shared with the Y.M.C.A. helpers, who have worked well behind the lines for periods of sis mouths al a lime. "Il is a rnmmrm saying vvilli 'Tommv' Hint in the mxl war ho meap= io do Y.M.C.A. work. KvidcnU.v (he War Office thinks if to be equal io the work of the front line. Meantime something must bo done lo prevent lliis insuit to our brave soldiers."
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 5
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2066,300 WAR MEDALS FOR Y.M.C.A. Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 5
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