Plea to teach children about the Empire and Commonwealth soldiers who fought for Britain
An investigation by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirmed black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire were not properly commemorated
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They were heroes who fought for Britain in the worst conflict the world had ever seen.