Row breaks out over errors on memorial

A row has broken out between ex-servicemen over a memorial to the Junior Leaders in Oswestry's Cae Glas Park.

The memorial was put up by the Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion (IJLB) Association last year as part of a weekend that saw hundreds of former soldiers parade through the town.

Now wording on the plaque has been criticised for its errors of grammar with one former company Sergeant Major calling for the mistakes to be put right immediately.

But the man behind the stone memorial says it will not be until October when any decision will be made.

The memorial in Oswestry's Cae Glas Park pays tribute to the Battalion - a training battalion that was based at Park Hall on the outskirts of the town.

The plaque uses the word "its" twice but on both occasions wrongly includes an apostrophe.

Mike Day, who was at Park Hall between 1970 and 1972, says the wrong use of the apostrophe on a plaque is embarrassing.

A former member of the IJLB association, he now runs a website - www.ijlb.com which has 1,010 registered users.

"I have had complaints through the website about the inaccuracies, which I have passed onto the association," he said. The association appears to be unconcerned and I have received no response to my demands for action to be taken immediately to replace the plaque."

Ken Nicol, one of those behind the memorial said: "The matter raised will be discussed at the next annual meeting in October with the members of the Association."