A GREAT Harwood soldier is finally honoured on the town's cenotaph -- more than 50 years after his death.
The inscription of Robert Clark's name was officially unveiled in Memorial Park in front of his family, the Royal British Legion, a bugle player reciting the Last Post and a priest.
Mr Clark died in 1951 in a friendly fire incident in Singapore during the Malaya emergency.
His family had presumed his name was omitted because he did not die in one of the two World Wars.
Earlier this year, an old friend visiting the memorial spotted that his comrade was missing and sparked a campaign for recognition by the Royal British Legion.
Cash-strapped Hyndburn Borough Council initially refused to carry out the engraving because it was an 'unnecessary cost'. But the council backed down after the campaign gathered pace.
Mr Clark's brother George, of Grimshaw Street, Great Harwood, was at the ceremony. He said: "It is nice it is finally there. We are happy about it."
Richard Davies, of the Great Harwood branch of the Royal British Legion, said: "All people who gave up their lives in defence of the country should be honoured."
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