The expat campaigner, Harry Shindler, has had his efforts recognised by receiving an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.
Mr Shindler, 92, has been an ardent proponent of voting rights for British expats abroad for more than 15 years and also for parliamentary representation in the UK for them.
Despite losing his European Court battle to restore voting rights for Brits abroad, Mr Shindler has promised to continue working on behalf of the estimated five million people who are barred from their right to vote in their own countries in the EU.
A veteran himself, he survived the Battle of Anzio and witnessed the liberation of Rome in WWII. He lives in Italy.
The honour was given for his work in helping to find the graves of British servicemen killed or believed missing in action during that war.
