Submitted on Sunday 18th August 2013
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Include Rex Warneford VC in war memorial
Reginald Alexander John Warneford was born in India - at the time a Commonwealth dependancy - to British parents and was brought up and educated in Britain, where he joined the Royal Naval Air Service, winning his VC aged 23. By every definition he is the epitome of the British war hero, but petty bureaucracy has deemed that his name - and those of other non-British born VC winners - will be omitted from the memorials to Victoria Cross winners as part of the 100th anniversary of the First World War.
This petition urges the British government to reverse their decision and to include not only Warneford, but also other non-British born VC winners. To deny them the honour they deserve because of an accident of geography is to betray everything they fought for.
They are worthy of inclusion because they *were VC winners*.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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See e-petition 53906
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