Photo: Quaker Service Memorial at the Arboretum.

‘If remembrance is to mean anything… it must hold true to the message “never again”.’

Friends resist Memorial Arboretum rename

‘If remembrance is to mean anything… it must hold true to the message “never again”.’

by Rebecca Hardy 16th October 2026

Quakers have criticised the decision by the Royal British Legion (RBL) to rename the National Memorial Arboretum. The decision sees the site renamed the ‘Royal British Legion National Remembrance Gardens’.

Friends resist Memorial Arboretum rename

‘If remembrance is to mean anything… it must hold true to the message “never again”.’

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