The Unremembered: Britain’s Forgotten War Heroes review – David Lammy condemns a shameful history

Politician examines the fate of African soldiers who fought in the second world war, finding decay, disregard, and denial David Lammy, the Labour politician and candidate for Tottenham, is standing in a Commonwealth war cemetery in Voi, southern Kenya. Unbeknown to many, certainly to me, this rural town near the Tanzanian border was a major military gathering point in the first world war. A war into which 2 million Africans were dragged, and 1 million died. In the beautifully tended burial groun