UK’s first ever memorial to LGBT armed forces personnel to be built

The National Memorial Arboretum is a 150-acre visitor site on the edge of the National Forest in Staffordshire. Photograph: Fighting With Pride/PA

The UK’s first memorial commemorating the “lost legion” of LGBT people who have served in the armed forces is to be built at the National Memorial Arboretum.

The memorial will be built after a charity spearheading efforts to get justice for veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on LGBT people serving in the UK armed forces was awarded a £350,000 grant.