Last year, I wrote to Royal British Legion Leamington Spa (where my in-laws live) pointing out that 14247304 Private J J H ('Jack') Godfrey, an army cook (ACC) attached to King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was not on the town's war memorial. He was killed in a roadside ambush on the Kroh-Klian-Intan Road on 3 Dec1949 along with three other soldiers from KOYLI. (My father served with KOYLI & knew two of those killed but not Pte Godfrey.)  I can now report that the Town Council has agreed to add Pte Godfrey's name to the war memorial. (A younger brother was killed in 1944 & his name is already on the memorial.)

Regards

Mark Hathaway

11 Ind Fld Sqn RE 1967-70 PHOTOS  Jimcampbell438@aol.com

If you are interested in seeing these photos contact Jock Campbell

UK Armed Forces Veteran Lapel Badge

Did you serve in HM Armed Forces up to and including 31st December 1954 ?

Men and women who served in HM Armed Forces up to and including 31 December 1984 are entitled to a Veterans Badge.

If you would like a badge you can apply by the following methods:

• Click on one of the links below to access the application form. Please complete the form, sign and date it then return it to Veterans Agency.
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Postal address:
Veterans Agency, Thornton-Cleveleys, Norcross, Blackpool, FY5 3WP

Fax: 01253 330561(UK Only)
+44 1253 330561 (Overseas)
Email: help@veteransagency.gsi.gov.uk

• Contact Veterans Agency by telephone:

Free: 0800 169 2277 (UK only)
Free: 0800 169 3458 (Minicom)
+44 1253 866043 (Overseas)

Please ensure you provide us with all the details asked for on the application form.
 

You may or may not have heard about the British War Memorial Project which has been in operation for just over two years now www.wargraves.org.uk . The aims of the project are to photograph every individual service persons grave or memorial from WW1 to present day. Your members might like to know that we have just put over 1000 graves from Kranji on the website and have many throughout Malaysia in our archives waiting to go on. Out of approximately 2.5 million graves to photograph around the world we do already have over 80 000 but as a purely voluntary organisation it all depends on our 500 volunteers who are spread worldwide. Should any of your members be interested in helping us and so get their friends and colleagues memorials onto a virtual war memorial all help would be appreciated. Please take the time too look at the site.

 Many thanks

 Steve Rogers

Project Director UK

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