UKNDA campaign for forces memorial
The United Kingdom National Defence Association (UKNDA) has launched a campaign for a permanent national monument in London to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Britain's Armed Forces on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A UKNDA petition calling for the now-vacant fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square to be made available for such a memorial has gathered over 1,300 signatures in just five days and is continuing to attract significant interest and support from across the country.
The petition, which appears on the Prime Minister's website, petitions.number10.gov.uk/TributeToForces/ calls for "the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square [to] be allocated permanently and dedicated to a statue or other appropriate work of art to honour and commemorate the services given and sacrifices made by our brave Armed Forces in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan."
UKNDA Chief Executive, Cdr John Muxworthy, said: "We are concerned that there is currently no memorial in our Capital City to the brave British servicemen and servicewomen who have taken part in recent and current operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The spare plinth in Trafalgar Square would be ideal for such a memorial."
