MANY MPs are furious at the prospect of paper records from the first world war being replaced by inadequate electronic ones or even destroyed. Chris Grayling, MP for Epsom and Ewell, wanted to know if the electronic records will contain all the information on the medals awarded to war combatants. And what, he asked, is being done to ensure that the records are not lost to posterity?
Replying on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, Ivor Caplin, the veterans minister in the last government, said that the National Archives at Kew have been looking for a suitable institution to house…
