UK inquiry blames ‘pervasive racism’ for unequal commemoration of black and Asian troops

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Exclusive: Commonwealth War Graves Commission expected to apologise for commemorating British empire’s black and Asian first world war dead ‘unequally’

All fallen military service personnel are supposed to be commemorated identically with their name engraved on a headstone over an identified grave or on a memorial to the missing.All fallen military service personnel are supposed to be commemorated identically with their name engraved on a headstone over an identified grave or on a memorial to the missing.Last modified on Wed 21 Apr 2021 18.16 BST

 

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