Veterans angry over Jubilee medals © Reuters/ David Moir Army veterans are angry after discovering they will not get a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. The award is only being given to serving members of the Armed Forces and staff in the emergency and prison service. It will only be awarded to personnel of the Regular, Reserve and Cadet forces who were in effective service on 6 February 2002, who had completed five full calendar years reckonable service and were properly enlisted on or before 7 February 1997. An online petition calling for veterans to be included has attracted 30,000 signatures. Only 45,000 medals are being given out and a statement by the Department for Culture Media and Sport said it was understandable some people might be disappointed not to receive one. The medals will start to be awarded on February 6, exactly 60 years to the day since Princess Elizabeth became Queen.