War Widows’ Association of Great Britain is an advocacy group for widows and widowers of British military personnel killed in action or from injuries attributable to their Service. It was founded in 1971 to persuade the British government to make the widows' pension tax-free, a goal which it finally obtained in 1979.
It operates through the 3 pillars of the organisation: Campaigning, Caring and Remembering. It represents war widows at remembrance ceremonies. The association holds an Annual Service of Remembrance at
The Cenotaph, Whitehall
The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it was unveiled in 1920 as the United Kingdom's national memorial to the British and Commonwealth dead of the First World War, was rededicated in 19 ...
, on the day before
Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom as a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts. It is held on the second Sunday in Nov ...
.
In the 2003 New Year Honours, Mary Brailsford of
Chesterfield,
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
was awarded an
MBE Mbe may refer to:
* Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo
* Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria
* Mbe language, a language of Nigeria
* Mbe' language, language of Cameroon
* ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language
Molal ...
(Member of the Order of the British Empire) "for services to the War Widows Association of Great Britain".
One of the group's founders was
Kathleen Woodside from Liverpool. Her husband Charles was killed in Italy on 1 March 1945.
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Charities based in London
1971 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1971
Widowhood in the United Kingdom
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