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23-05-2018 5:11 PM - edited 23-05-2018 5:12 PM
On 1 September 2014, Lee Rigby was honoured at a ceremony in Staffordshire, with his name added to the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.
A memorial to Lee Rigby in his home town of Middleton, Greater Manchester, consisting of a bronze drum and a plaque, was unveiled on 29 March 2015
Lee Rigby's name appears on a plaque on the south wall of the memorial garden inside the ruined St George's Garrison Church in Woolwich, opposite the Royal Artillery Barracks. The memorial consists of a white marble plaque marking Woolwich's history as a barracks town, and two bronze plaques with the names of 11 men who served or lived in Woolwich and gave their lives in the service of their country, including Lee Rigby and the victims of the 1974 King's Arms bombing nearby
In April 2016 Lee Rigby's family stated, in relation to calls for a memorial: "There is a permanent memorial to Lee at St George's Chapel in Woolwich, which is what we wanted"
They also made a plea for his memory not to be used to further others agenda
It's a shame that for some, that plea fell on deaf ears