NOW that York MP Hugh Bayley has said, "It is high time the Gurkhas were treated in the same way as everyone else in the British Army" (June 5), I hope he will be lobbying for these brave men, who have served Britain loyally for years, to also be granted the same pension rights as British soldiers.
It is a disgrace that they do not. There are Gurkhas' widows and families living in Nepal whose husbands and fathers have paid the ultimate sacrifice for this country, who do not get a penny. The Ministry of Defence should be ashamed.
W P Carter,
Marston Crescent,
Acomb, York.
Updated: 11:33 Tuesday, June 10, 2003
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