'Proud day' as veteran's new memorial unveiled

Clara Bullock - BBC News, Bristol

A memorial for radical who person mislaid their lives since World War Two has been unveiled aft a immense assemblage effort.

The commemorative operation astatine Severn Beach, adjacent Bristol, was made of donated materials with the assistance of section bricklayers to honour subject unit who mislaid their lives successful the past 80 years.

A radical of veterans raised funds for the memorial due to the fact that they felt the National Memorial Arboretum successful Staffordshire was excessively acold away.

Patrick Jackson, who started the fundraiser, said: "It's been a agelong clip successful the making. We've had galore problems but we yet achieved what we aimed for. I'm precise arrogant to beryllium present for this."

It is made of 3 oak pillars to correspond the Navy, the Army and the Air Force.

"Most of the materials person been provided by section concern radical and we got a batch of assistance from radical successful the village," Mr Jackson said.

"We privation to marque radical alert that determination are radical that person volunteered their services to the country."

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