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Celebrating 50 years of community harmony

Salas Khan welcomes the Mayor of Swindon and members of the
town’s Pakistani community for the 50 years anniversary
The roar of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will be heard over Swin-
Members of Swindon’s Pakistani certificate for community relations
community were joined by civic work in the South West and was don on Tuesday 15 September to commemorate the seventy-fifth year
leaders to mark half a century since awarded the MBE in 2003 for his when the RAF fought back Nazi aerial bombardment.
the formation of the Swindon Paki- work championing equal opportuni- Swindon Heritage is coordinating a week of events to mark the anniver-
stan Welfare Association. ties for ethnic minorities as well as sary, with particular attention to Swindon pilot Squadron Leader Harold
Formed in 1965 when there were the integration of different races in Starr who was killed in his parachute on 31 August 1940.
six families of Pakistani heritage in British society. The August Link magazine will carry a four page feature prepared by
the town, the charity has developed At the 50 year celebration at Swindon Heritage telling Harold Starr’s story and the wider role of the
into an important welfare and Freshbrook Community Centre on town in the Battle of Britain, including details of events in September.
cultural support organisation which 7 June, Mr Khan, 75, who lives Soldier receives due recognition 95 years after his death
promotes racial harmony. in Shaw, said: “We have worked At a moving ceremony
It has a particular focus on hard to promote peace and racial
children and youth activities with harmony in our town. But our on 14 June, an official
a programme of after-school efforts are limited; we urgently Commonwealth War
and weekend religious and Urdu need a social and cultural centre for Graves Commission
headstone was unveiled
language classes. Muslims in the Swindon area where at the last resting place
Long serving secretary Salas Khan we can support our senior citizens
received Prime Minister Tony Blair’s and educate young people.” of World War I soldier
Herbert Marfleet at Rad-
nor Street cemetery .
There are over 100
graves of military per-
sonnel from two world
wars located there.
The headstone was
placed by the commis-
sion after several years
6 Star Service from research by Swindon historian Mark 98 year old god daughter Joyce
Trevor Salter Sutton which showed Marfleet died Murgatroyd, who is pictured with
in 1919 from injuries in conflict. Mark Sutton, Andy Binks and
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