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The West Africa Squadron Memorial Fund in the press
Since being founded, the West Africa Squadron Memorial Fund project has been featured in a number of UK and international news publications and media outlets.
We are pleased to showcase some of the notable mentions that the fund has attracted below.
![West Africa Squadron Memorial - Maquette Detail West Africa Squadron Memorial - Maquette Detail](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/west-africa-squadron-memorial-maquette-detail-1024x1024.jpg)
![West Africa Squadron Memorial Fund West Africa Squadron Memorial Fund](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/waves-blue.jpg)
![West Africa Squadron Slave Ship Capture West Africa Squadron Slave Ship Capture](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/west-africa-squadron-slave-ship-capture-1024x1024.jpg)
![Slave Ship](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/slave-ship-1024x581.jpg)
How a narrative of black victimhood and white guilt has torpedoed a tribute to one of the noblest episodes in our history, says Professor Nigel Biggar
Daily Mail
31/05/2024
![UK Houses of Parliament](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/uk-houses-of-parliament.jpg)
"The most expensive moral action ever undertaken" - Penny Mordaunt on the West Africa Squadron
GB News
30/01/2024
![Royal Navy Ship of The Line](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/royal-navy-ship-of-the-line.jpg)
Royal Navy: Memorial plan for the West Africa Squadron backed by Portsmouth MP Penny Mordaunt
Portsmouth News
08/01/2024
![Penny Mordaunt Daily Mail Article 05/01/2024](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/daily-mail-penny-mordaunt-050124-785x1024.jpg)
Let's build a memorial to the Navy's slave trade busters, says Penny Mordaunt, who warns truth is in danger of being lost forever
Daily Mail
05/01/2024
![Captured Slave Ship](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/captured-slave-ship.jpg)
Trading in Falsehoods
The Spectator
06/04/2024
![The Royal Navy in West Africa](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/the-royal-navy-in-west-africa.jpg)
Britain has less to apologise for on slavery than any other nation on Earth
The Telegraph
12/03/2024
![West Africa Squadron Slave Ship Capture](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/west-africa-squadron-slave-ship-capture.jpg)
How the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron freed 150,000 slaves, righting a wrong that lasted almost two centuries
Daily Mail
27/01/2024
![Royal Navy Warship](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/royal-navy-warship.jpg)
Defence chief backs calls to build new memorial honouring the Navy's slave trade busters
Daily Mail
06/01/2024
![William Wilberforce](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/william-wilberforce.jpg)
Schools must teach children about heroes who stopped slavery, campaigners tell Education Secretary
The Telegraph
14/02/2024
![West Africa Squadron Memorial Maquette by Vincent Gray](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/west-africa-squadron-memorial-maquette-by-vincent-gray.jpg)
After 157 years Portsmouth have a memorial to West Africa Squadron
St. Helena Independent
11/01/2024
![Lord Ashcroft Donation to West Africa Squadron Memorial Fund](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lord-ashcroft-donation-to-west-africa-squadron-memorial-fund.jpg)
Lord Ashcroft pledges £25k for memorial to Navy slave trade busters
Daily Mail
06/01/2024
![Portsmouth, Hampshire](https://westafricasquadron.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/portsmouth-hampshire.jpg)
Calls for West Africa Squadron memorial to be built in Portsmouth to honour fallen sailors who freed slaves
Portsmouth News
04/10/2023
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