The BBC reports that British plans to honour VC recipients during the Centenary, announced in early August 2013, will see those born overseas, but who later lived in the UK, excluded.
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Bent lived in Leicestershire in England, but was born in Canada. Under the current commemoration scheme by the British Government, he will not be honoured with a Centenary paving stone in Leicestershire.
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Date of article publication: 25/08/2013
Posted by: Daniel Barry, Centenary News