SO, some servicemen are not getting the Jubilee Medal. So what! I and many others did our National Service and were not considered worthy of a medal to commemorate our service to this country. My demob group was 198 and, had it been three weeks later, groups 201 onwards, I would have seen action in Korea. There is a good probability that those few weeks saved my life.

Very many years later I was informed that I was entitled to a National Service medal from a grateful(?) country. All I had to do was to apply and enclose my cheque for the sum of £30. This was all the thanks I got and, to put it politely, they were told where they could stuff the medal.

It was quite probable that I and many others would have given our life in the Korean War, yet this country insulted our service and showed its thanks by expecting us to pay £30 for a bit of tin.

Being without this bit of metal and a couple of inches of coloured ribbon does not dim my pride in the fact that I served my country when called upon, and would have given my life, as many did, in its service. To hell with the medal; it means nothing to me.

A. P. TOBIAS