Local victoria cross hero denied honour.

[jonthefox]

It seems one of our ww1 heroes being denied an honour because of modern day red tape. 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-23813190

[Orkneyfox]

I was born in Ceylon, my Leicester father was in the Royal navy and my mother was Scottish. I came back to the U.K. when I was 15 months old, so by these rules, I'm not eligible either. If he was a Brit,who happened to be born abroad then he should get his memorial. If he was Canadian and brought up here it does say they are doing something else to commemorate  that group so I am a bit less sure of that. Maybe he should get both.