A long-overdue memorial to the Royal Navy s contribution to ending the slave trade will help to tackle the distortion of Britain s past, a leading Cambridge historian says.
Admiral Lord Alan West (pictured) has thrown his weight behind a campaign to create the first memorial to the Royal Navy s West Africa Squadron, which seized slave trade vessels bound for the Americas.
A rallying cry for a memorial to recognise Britain s contribution to ending the slave trade was answered last night by Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft.