CAMPAIGNERS are making a new attempt to raise the money to add missing names to a Hampshire town's war memorial.
Totton has one of the few memorials in the country that fails to include the names of the fallen.
The tribute was funded by the Totton and Eling branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL), which lacked the money to add the inscriptions.
An appeal launched by Totton councillor Neal Scott two years ago has raised only £270, a fraction of the amount needed to add two extensions bearing the names of 167 servicemen killed in battle.
Now councillors and ex-servicemen are stepping up their efforts to ensure that the appeal hits its target.
RBL branch chairman Ian Middleton said: "At the Remembrance Sunday service the names have to be read out because they're not on the memorial.
"A fund was started in 2005 but the inscriptions have yet to be added. People who have donated keep asking me what's going on."
Calls to improve the memorial attracted cross-party support when the issue was raised at a meeting of Totton and Eling Town Council, which maintains the structure.
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