Former soldiers who were discharged from the British army because of their sexual orientation or gender identity will now be able to recover their lost medals, the UK Ministry of Defence announced on Tuesday.Until a change in legislation in 2000, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people were not allowed to serve in the British Army.It is not known how many LGBT personel were effected by the ban or the number of those who are eligible to have their cases reviewed and their medals restored.On its website, the Ministry of Defence has stated that it is "committed to remedying this historic wrong" by putting in place "a policy to enable these people to claim the return of their medals".The soldiers concerned - or their close relatives in.