# BAE Systems donates £100,000 to Armed Forces Memorial Appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/12/15/bae-systems-donates-100000-armed-forces-memorial-appeal/
- Published: 2004-12-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Defence and aerospace company BAE Systems has donated £100,000 to the Armed Forces
Memorial Appeal and has pledged to donate a further £100,000 to the Appeal over 
the next two years.
The Appeal is raising funds to provide a fitting memorial of
national significance to recognise not only those members of the Armed Forces killed
in conflict but also the many servicemen and women who have given their lives while
on duty and those killed by terrorist action.

 

 

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Following consultation with the Services and ex-Service community it was concluded
that the new Armed Forces Memorial should be constructed at the National Memorial
Arboretum in Staffordshire. The National Memorial Arboretum is a 150 acre site which
was opened in 2001. It is now under the control of The Royal British Legion and 
it is envisaged that the Arboretum will become a place of national importance for
Remembrance and commemoration throughout the year.

 

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