Denied A Hero's Grave By Racism
Daily Mirror|April 23, 2021
Up to 350,000 troops snubbed
Dan Bloom
Denied A Hero's Grave By Racism
THE Government yesterday issued a formal apology for the “pervasive racism” that denied up to 350,000 troops a proper memorial.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace apologised in the Commons after a probe found 116,000 First World War casualties, mostly African and Middle Eastern, “were not commemorated by name or possibly not commemorated at all”.

Boris Johnson also offered an “unreserved apology” and said he was “deeply troubled”.

This story is from the April 23, 2021 edition of Daily Mirror.

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