STREETS should be named after local servicemen and women killed on active service.
That’s the view of former soldier Clr Phil Scott, Liberal Democrat councillor for the Almondbury Ward.
The former serviceman has written to Labour Cabinet Members Clr Peter McBride and Clr Cathy Scott making the suggestion and offering his help and insight.
Clr Scott served with the 1st Battalion the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment for six years before becoming a local councillor.
During his time in the services Clr Scott was, among other things, part of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Bosnia.
He said: “As an ex-serviceman I am committed to using my time in office to increase people’s appreciation and understanding of the work of the armed forces and to ensure that those who do not return from active duty are remembered locally.
“This would be a small but worthwhile gesture of respect which I am hoping the Cabinet members will support.”
Huddersfield’s fallen are Cpl Jake Hartley, Pte Daniel Wilford and Pte Anton Frampton who were all killed in March last year when a Taliban bomb blew up their Warrior armoured vehicle on patrol in Helmand in Afghanistan.
Pte Tom Wroe, of Meltham, was killed in Helmand last September.
Capt Lisa Head, of Almondbury, was the second female to die in the conflict in Afghanistan.
Capt Head, a 29-year-old bomb disposal expert, died in hospital in April 2011 days after being caught in a blast while trying to defuse an improvised explosive device.
Lance Cpl Graham Shaw was the first soldier from Huddersfield to be killed in Afghanistan.
The 27-year-old from Golcar was serving with the 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment when he was killed while on foot patrol in February 2010 by a roadside bomb nearMalgir in Helmand.
