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UK sorry for ‘pervasive racism’, after report finds 350,000 WWI troop deaths weren’t commemorated

A new report has found that as many as 350,000 soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire during World War I were not given proper recognition due to “pervasive racism”.
Key points:
- Britain drew on troops from around its Empire as it fought WWI
- Troops primarily from Egypt and East Africa were found not to have been commemorated by name, or at all
- The report comes weeks after a UK Government report claimed it was not institutionally racist
An independent inquiry commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) found that between 45,000 and 54,000 casualties, predominantly Indian, Egyptian, Somali and from East and West Africa, were commemorated “unequally”.
Another 116,000 casualties and as many as…
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